post·card
ˈpōs(t)-ˌkärd 
2
: a card on which a message may be written for mailing without an envelope and to which the sender must affix a stamp
: picturesque, picture-postcard
a postcard village
Examples of postcard in a Sentence
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
The art will become an original image that will be reproduced as postcards for mailing in May 2025 as a part of Mental Health Month.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2024
The National Voter Registration Act outlines specific processes for removing people from the rolls, which includes sending postcards to people to verify if their address has changed and waiting two presidential election cycles, or eight years, before removing them completely.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Some secret-keepers described their postcard as liberating.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
The pop-up also encouraged visitors to tap into their inner artist — or add some pep to their penmanship — by way of postcard writing stations, tote bag personalization and more art stations fully stocked with colorful new offerings from Sharpie and Paper Mate.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
The city sent out postcards notifying residents of the issue after administrators made a mistake submitting budget documents to the county and state.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Admire the postcard town from one of the many hiking trails, sunbathe on the small and sunny beaches, and hire a barca (boat) for a day of exploring the nearby cobalt bays that feel like a secret.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2024
The Delaware shoreline delights with mechanical cleaning three times a week to maintain the real postcard image of the Atlantic Shoreline.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024
Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
Residents in the building can enjoy a resort-style pool on the ninth floor with postcard views of downtown.
—Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2022
The mixed-density project could be a postcard picture of what economists and planners say is needed to combat the nation’s housing shortage and sprawl.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2022
For a long time, everything still looks postcard-pretty.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2019
Noun
If approved, the plan, which was announced on Tuesday, will raise the price of metered 1-ounce letters to 69 cents, international ounce-size letters and postcards to $1.65 and domestic postcards to 56 cents.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
The art will become an original image that will be reproduced as postcards for mailing in May 2025 as a part of Mental Health Month.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2024
The National Voter Registration Act outlines specific processes for removing people from the rolls, which includes sending postcards to people to verify if their address has changed and waiting two presidential election cycles, or eight years, before removing them completely.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Some secret-keepers described their postcard as liberating.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
The pop-up also encouraged visitors to tap into their inner artist — or add some pep to their penmanship — by way of postcard writing stations, tote bag personalization and more art stations fully stocked with colorful new offerings from Sharpie and Paper Mate.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
The city sent out postcards notifying residents of the issue after administrators made a mistake submitting budget documents to the county and state.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Admire the postcard town from one of the many hiking trails, sunbathe on the small and sunny beaches, and hire a barca (boat) for a day of exploring the nearby cobalt bays that feel like a secret.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2024
The Delaware shoreline delights with mechanical cleaning three times a week to maintain the real postcard image of the Atlantic Shoreline.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Don’t get used to it June 21, 2023 Huntington Beach was abuzz Wednesday morning as the almost postcard Southern California day kicked off.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
Residents in the building can enjoy a resort-style pool on the ninth floor with postcard views of downtown.
—Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2022
The mixed-density project could be a postcard picture of what economists and planners say is needed to combat the nation’s housing shortage and sprawl.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2022
For a long time, everything still looks postcard-pretty.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2019
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“Postcard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postcard. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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