face card

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Later Aguni employs his strength to become a useful member of Arisu’s team to defeat the face card bosses.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2025

That sums up the Supreme Court’s unenviable hand, which doesn’t contain as much as a face card, let alone an ace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

When a dealer is showing a face card, proper strategy suggests a player should always hit on 16.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2019

But sometimes, you just don’t want to hit on 16 and see another face card.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2017

However, the conditional probability that the card is a face card given that it’s a king is 1, or 100 percent.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos