greeting card
nounDefinition of greeting card
: a piece of paper or thin cardboard having any of a variety of shapes and formats and bearing a greeting or message of sentiment
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This year, Americans are expected to spend $16 billion for Father’s Day, with the most popular gifts being greeting cards, special outings, and clothing, according to the National Retail Federation. — National Geographic, "Enjoy Father's Day? Thank the woman who spent 62 years campaigning for it.," 17 June 2019 One of the plots resulted in the arrest of an Antioch woman who allegedly was soaking greeting cards with liquid meth, sending them to inmates at the jail and hoping authorities didn’t detect the contraband. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, "Contra Costa deputies foil more plots to smuggle drugs into jail," 17 July 2019 Pot your own air fern and buy greeting cards and housewares at Pigment. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "One Paseo: A day in the life of San Diego’s new urban village," 11 July 2019 Bills, magazines, greeting cards, and small packages all ended up with bite marks. — Doree Shafrir, Vox, "The best $3,000 I ever spent: training for my dog," 9 July 2019 Since everyone seems to text birthday wishes, get-well hopes or congratulatory notes nowadays, actual paper greeting cards have become even more special. — Laura Daily And Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, "16 free and cheap things to do around Denver in July," 1 July 2019 Hallmark Gold Crown wants to reinvigorate the tradition of sending greeting cards with its Just Because collection. — Laura Daily And Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, "16 free and cheap things to do around Denver in July," 1 July 2019 As a point of comparison, Americans spend somewhere around $8 billion a year on greeting cards, according to that industry’s trade group. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The Democrats’ Cash Tsunami," 8 Nov. 2018 First, there are companies like Urban Outfitters, which sold a seemingly transphobic greeting card in 2012. — Melina Kritikopoulos, The Mercury News, "Supporting LGBTQ causes must go beyond rainbow displays," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'greeting card.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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