cards
Britishnoun
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(usually functioning as singular)
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any game or games played with cards, esp playing cards
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the playing of such a game
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an employee's national insurance and other documents held by the employer
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to be told to leave one's employment
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US equivalent: in the cards. possible or likely
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to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right )
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to declare one's intentions, resources, etc
Example Sentences
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Appeared in the March 12, 2026, print edition as 'The Brics Bloc Is a House of Cards'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Nvidia has been able to expand its networking revenue with its Spectrum-X Ethernet platform, Network Interface Cards and BlueField data processing units, he added.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
The phrase "House of Cards" is often linked today with a popular Netflix political series, but its original meaning describes something far more literal: a structure that can collapse easily.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026
Lee Fowler is the director of Phantom Cards UK - which has been running pop-up stores over the last three years, but is now opening a store in nearby Chilwell in Nottinghamshire.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
The Cards of Deadly Fate had dulled her senses, erasing the edges of memories while she’d been suspended between life and death.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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