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Discover LudwigThe phrase "card stock" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a type of thick paper used for making cards, invitations, or other printed materials.
Example: "I prefer to use card stock for my greeting cards because it gives them a more professional look."
Alternatives: "cardboard" or "heavy paper."
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card stock
noun
A paper stock that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.
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Rojas's favorite paper was a thick white Bristol card stock.
isis Mission Statements printed on royal-blue card stock appeared on all the walls.
"The Fire Gaze," by Seamus Heaney, printed on thick card stock with red wood-engraving.
He assembled a swatch card by taping snippets of the twine to card stock.
"It is ivory card stock with full name, Derek Charles Blasberg, embossed in a bright red New Yorker font.
card stock, shaped and curled and glued.
Individual letters, cut from 8" x 11" card stock, are strung together and photographed.
They scrawled their names on white card stock with Sharpies and filled Styrofoam cups with coffee.
I've brought along perforated card stock for printing once we get to the hotel.
"We would typically find blank card stock, a typewriter, scissors, laminate, and a laminating machine," he said.
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