cue card

American

noun

Television.

a large card, out of range of the camera, on which words or phrases have been printed in large letters for the speaker or performer to read or use as a memory aid during a program.

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cue card

Magill even released a video in which she looked like a hostage being forced to mouth words from a cue card.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

He may have had to read a line off a cue card.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

Forced to stay, he displayed his typical incompetence, mistakenly reading the entirety of a cue card aloud on the air: "We'll stay on the air until a winner is declared. Take off glasses, look concerned."

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023

Foiled once when Lonnie Walker IV missed a potential game-tying three-point shot with 2.8 seconds left in regulation, Ham circled back with another choice that probably wouldn’t have been on his cue card.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

Ms. Whitlock exclaimed like she was reading it off a cue card.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

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