business card
Americannoun
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business cards
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of business card
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Handing over a business card, following an adviser on LinkedIn, recognizing an old face from your college days and, perhaps, doing business with them and remembering where you met is all part of the magic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Bids on an Apple business card on which Jobs writes “Hi, I’m back” in black ink to his father reached more than $22,200.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
The story might have stopped there except the paramedic slipped Dale's business card into Jonathan's bag.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
“In the end, I was asked to provide my business card and that someone would contact me but that call never happened,” Jurado said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
He dug his hand inside and pulled out the first business card.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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