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cue card

NOUN
card used as performer's prompt
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It was just as well as his last cue card said "She said yes".

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

“We’ve used that cue card, like, 15 times.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2025

Magill even released a video in which she looked like a hostage being forced to mouth words from a cue card.

From Seattle Times Dec. 11, 2023

He may have had to read a line off a cue card.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2023

Ms. Whitlock exclaimed like she was reading it off a cue card.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds



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