postcard
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postcards
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Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
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The finished "postcard" follows the style of similar Curiosity images created in the past, including one taken in November 2021.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
But think of this year’s event as a postcard from the future.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Customers who forgot to send a postcard saying they wanted nothing to do with ‘90s Steven Tyler can still point to a copy of “Nine Lives” on their shelves.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The postcards were printed at Hastings-based Judges, which is the UK's last surviving postcard business.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
From a distance Penn Station looks like a postcard, still and silent, the tall facade lit from below by the gas lamps lining the street.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Dozens of vintage photos of the Clark’s ballrooms, restaurants, ashtrays, room keys, menus, postcards, matchbooks, coat hangers and candleholders are visible at BunkerHillLos Angeles.com, having been gathered by Marsak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Sometimes they learn about the annuities after receiving postcards in the mail inviting them to free lunches or dinners where they are pitched the products, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Throughout the set which included classics like Common People, This Is Hardcore, and Underwear, Jarvis treated the crowd to a sermon of Pulp history, with slideshows of artwork, postcards, and visuals from throughout the years.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
When there was no action during his reelection campaign this year, they demonstrated outside his home, sent postcards to his campaign donors and pushed for the cancellation of one of his fundraisers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
I closed the cover of the proposal and pulled the postcards from my drawer and I wrote another note to Fred.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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