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trading card
noun
: a card that usually has pictures of and information about someone (such as an athlete) and that is part of a set which is collected by exchanging cards with other people
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Topps has already commemorated his 161 seconds of fame with an official sports trading card, now available for $8.99 on the company’s website.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
The Gathering, a trading card game owned by the gaming publisher Wizards of the Coast, uses a similar program, called Secret Lair, as a way to sell special cards that have added visual treatments like custom art.
—Isaac Aronow, New York Times, 4 May 2024
One of the rarest items up for grabs is a Princess Leia trading card.
—Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
The trading card website said the cards were not affiliated with the campaign.
—Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
Clark’s trading card has fetched precedent-busting five-figure bids at auction.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
The event took place on Saturday and gave sports trading card and memorabilia hobbyists the chance to participate in pack wars, raffles and giveaways.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
The site will serve as a social media platform that will focus first on sports cards and memorabilia as well as trading card games (like Pokemon and Magic the Gathering, for example) before expanding to other facets of the collectibles industry.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
Pokémon was first a video game, but it was quickly adapted as a trading card game and anime, both of which are arguably equally as responsible as the Game Boy titles for its success in becoming a global craze.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Trading card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trading%20card. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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trading card
noun
: a card that usually has pictures and information about someone or something and is part of a set that is collected by trading with other people
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