file card
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of file card
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Among other responsibilities, the CDU was tasked with creating a file card for every demonstrator it could identify at protests in Philadelphia.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2023
A file card said that Joseph Rogon had died of bronchial pneumonia in Chicago's dreary, red-brick Bridewell Prison Hospital on Feb. 20.
From Time Magazine Archive
The magazine reproduced a Stasi file card indicating that an informant lived at De Maiziere's Berlin address.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, he transcribed his notes to a file card that went into a growing mass of research on Reagan the man and President, to be distilled into a biography after Reagan leaves office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside was a file card, written in green Biro.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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