greeting card
Americannoun
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greeting cards
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of greeting card
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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On a Christmas tree greeting card, for example, a miniature ballerina ornament had three separate colors, including red lips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Her food prep and craft-making inspire greeting card musings, as in a scene when she and a friend layer a cake with raspberry preserves and buttercream but leave it unfrosted on the sides.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
From a childhood marked by "kindness and energy" to becoming a wife and mother with a greeting card to send for every occasion and a phone call home every night at 21:00.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
The standout of the bunch featured each member of the Baird O’Connell clan on a New Year’s greeting card — each sporting a black spot around their eye just like Pepper had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
It wasn’t exactly a hot shower, but Hazel ducked behind a wall of greeting card boxes to clean up and change.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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