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Recent Examples of cardboard
Takeout containers are cardboard rather than plastic.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The cardboard Christmas houses, decorated with glitter, twigs, and other items, are said to have originated with the Moravians who once created decorative Christmas villages built around Christmas trees, generally as an extension of a nativity.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Her family celebrated holidays in hotels with cardboard Christmas trees.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
One older trick to protect young stems is fitting the cardboard portion of a toilet paper roll around the stem as a barrier.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The cardboard Christmas houses, decorated with glitter, twigs, and other items, are said to have originated with the Moravians who once created decorative Christmas villages built around Christmas trees, generally as an extension of a nativity.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Her family celebrated holidays in hotels with cardboard Christmas trees.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
One older trick to protect young stems is fitting the cardboard portion of a toilet paper roll around the stem as a barrier.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboard
Adjective
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Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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And while African mudcloth sheets can be commissioned from Etsy, these Pierce and Ward linens are ready-made and bring the color palette if not the cultural history.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Reportedly, this new design also outperformed conventional systems by reducing active material leakage.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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The paramilitary guard will take over security duties currently performed by conventional military forces.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This means that adults, tired of yet another iteration of unimaginative, uninspired shlock targeting teens, are more open to watching non-English language movies and TV shows now than a few years ago.—
Alexis Alexanian,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The instrumentation turns flat and unimaginative.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Manchego cheese, cream cheese and sour cream provide the dip’s lushness, while canned artichoke hearts, fresh spinach and the green tops of green onions are the source of herbaceous spring freshness and texture.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Prices for canned fruits and vegetables are up about 6% in March from a year earlier, according to CPI data.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Other artists copied his style, which at first the artist considered flattering but later saw it as unoriginal as his popularity grew.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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This makes your home feel intentional and personal instead of sterile and unoriginal.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Sadly there’s little wind beneath this uninspired musical’s thin and tattered wings.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Bieber's set has been met with mixed reviews as some praise the singer for his innovative, nostalgic approach while others are criticizing the set as low-effort and uninspired.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Since then, whenever new tools to crank out communications have become available, somebody has flooded the zone with the fastest, most imitative material that could garner attention.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place or imitative of a sound.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The app began as an aggregator for perpetual futures, a form of derivative popular among crypto traders.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission — an independent federal agency that has jurisdiction over derivative markets — is overseeing prediction markets.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboard. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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