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cardboard

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




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At the edge of the crowd, a clutch of children were all drawing flamingos on a long piece of cardboard on the ground, and many people held pink flamingos on sticks.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Demand for pulpwood—trees unfit for making lumber but fine for cardboard and paper—plummeted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

In Kyiv, an AFP reporter saw protesters clapping and banging the cardboard placards that became a symbol of last summer's anti-government protests, chanting "shame" and "Fedorov".

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Another soldier, Natasha, said the protesters with their makeshift cardboard placards, were a long way from the daily brutality of the front line.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Dit dit dit; dit dah; dah dah, he flashed to his trucks in their cardboard garage.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry




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