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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It has long had debit and credit cards as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The app, which Anthropic could not disable, can capture calls, texts and voice traffic, and even identify people by their voice if they switch SIM cards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
I could certainly put the charges on my credit cards as customers came through.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
By pushing up the cost of borrowing for things such as mortgages and credit cards, they seek to slow consumer spending and inflation.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
She went to her computer and wrote some code, walked a set of punch cards to the mainframe in another building, and waited while it slugged through the calculations.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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