How to Use flash card in a Sentence

flash card

noun
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  • Here, there are no flash cards, no tests, and no pressures.
    — Hattie Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • How to be curious Put down the flash cards and step away from the worksheets.
    — Mary Caldwell, ajc, 29 June 2018
  • Two groups received either the flash card or the talking kit.
    — Felice J. Freyer, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
  • Maybe some type of digital flash cards would work there.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 17 Mar. 2020
  • So the undrafted free agent from Texas Tech tests himself with flash cards.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Sounds like someone needs those rhyming flash cards after all.
    — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 8 Feb. 2018
  • While Tesla got some data, a flash card in the car’s black box has yet to be examined by them.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • But don't head to the store to buy flash cards and worksheets, which might squelch your child's natural interest in the subject.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Your Baby Can Read was a series of flash cards, videos and books that purported to teach children from three months to five years to read.
    — Erik Vance, Scientific American, 15 May 2018
  • Supermarkets are also a great place to people-watch, and all the products are like language flash cards.
    — Mark Ellwood, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • He and Scottie Pippen quizzed each other using flash cards.
    — Jesse Eisenberg, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
  • This is another way to practice math without worksheets or flash cards.
    — Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 15 June 2018
  • After all, that's her job right now, a fact that can be weirdly hard to remember in our grow-up-now world of toddler flash cards, pre-pre-preschool, and yes, baby high-heels.
    — Amy Shearn, Redbook, 1 Aug. 2013
  • From the mountain of flash cards held up throughout the ceremony to ensure that no word was misspoken or missed, to the discreet marks placed on the floor of the abbey so key members of the congregation knew where to stand.
    — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
  • All this is laid out in a series of four textbooks that are accompanied by boxes of flash cards, published by the Ministry of Education.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Old-school is an all too literal way to describe classroom work: white boards, markers, flash cards, board games, and the occasional textbook have reappeared.
    — Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
  • With the puzzles and flash cards accompanying the picture book, children ages 1 and older can learn first words and explore animal sounds and names of the adorable illustrations.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2019
  • Another kid might be working on more complex language skills by drilling with flash cards or honing his ability to focus on academic work.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
  • There is a captivating oddity to how this tastily detestable character speaks, as if her frontal lobe were programmed with grammar and usage flash cards.
    — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Forget flash cards, wall words and kindergarten readiness — Scandinavian parents are keener to have their young children climb trees and dig for earthworms than learn academic facts.
    — Linda Åkeson McGurk, Time, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Methods might include using flash cards (physical or digital) to test recall or answering the sample questions at the end of a textbook chapter.
    — John Dunlosky, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2015
  • On a recent Thursday afternoon, a couple of third graders opted for multiplication flash cards.
    — Susan Demar Lafferty, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2018
  • With schools closed for tens of millions of children across the country, parents began using lesson plans that included flash cards, online learning, dog walks and creativity sessions.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2020
  • One local authority has created playing cards to help people get the hang of sorting — hearts for hazardous waste, diamonds are recyclables — while another has made flash cards for kids.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 29 July 2019
  • This stocking stuffer set includes a curation of creative and engaging gifts, including an interactive book, crayons, ABC flash card ring, llama maraca, and wobble toy.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Presumably that flash card will reveal more useful details, such as when belts where buckled and unbuckled, when pedals were pressed, perhaps when weight sensors or other sensors indicated movement.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Supplies needed include crayons, glue sticks, unscented baby wipes, No. 2 Ticonderoga pencils, thick Crayola markers, tissue boxes, play-doh, flash cards, low-odor dry erase markers, kid-friendly scissors, and paper towels.
    — Jshortavon, cleveland, 17 July 2023
  • Many of his compositions feature photographs or text borrowed from disparate sources, and have the lucid, unadorned look of educational materials, especially flash cards and posters inscribed with useful information in sans-serif, jumbo-size type.
    — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2020

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