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cardboard

[kahrd-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
ADJECTIVE
paper
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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He put the top secret papers in a bright orange cardboard folder and sat on the train the next morning thinking over and over "do not forget this".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Yvette Kuhns, 58, has brought along a large plastic bin filled with dozens of cardboard signs that she shares with fellow protesters -- people she calls "my family."

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Machines programmed to sort merchandise in warehouses hit kinks with cardboard boxes and turkeys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Too often a place will just send up a cardboard shopping bag with the things you ordered in it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

We bought soft pretzels from the cart in the park, even though I told Calista they tasted like the soggy cardboard from the bottom of the pizza box.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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