How to Use key card in a Sentence

key card

noun
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  • To no one’s amazement, Brian is scared of the key card.
    — Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In the middle of the touch screen is a card icon that indicates where to place the NFC key card.
    — PCMAG, 10 May 2024
  • Teddy’s key card doesn’t work, thanks to her recent firing, but that doesn’t stop her from jumping into a gown to help Theo Ruiz.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 31 May 2024
  • The company later worked with Boeing to create a tool to replace hotel key cards.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The Elite model has a hotel-style key card and a sport mode that tweaks steering, pedal response and ambient lighting.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Elite model has a hotel-style key card and a sport mode that tweaks steering, pedal response and ambient lighting.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In-person check-in and physical key cards remain available.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In-person check-in and physical key cards remain available.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Accessing the vault requires both entering a code and producing a key card.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The hotel worker was discovered due to using a traceable key card to enter her room, and was arrested, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Residents will activate them with key cards that give access only to their own floor and common areas.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • Their leggings in particular are a great choice thanks to their deep pockets for stashing your essentials from your phone to your hotel key card, and the Everlux fabric stays cool to the touch.
    — Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2023
  • To be fair, Latch locks can also be opened with key cards (but my landlord doesn’t offer them) or by punching a seven-digit passcode into a hidden touchscreen.
    — Curbed, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Treat yourself to this throwback keychain that takes its inspiration from pre-1970s (when key cards were invented) hotel keys.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
  • The touch-screen number pad was well-illuminated and very responsive, and the fingerprint scanner and NFC key cards worked correctly.
    — PCMAG, 10 May 2024
  • In a recent safety audit of the planemaker, the Federal Aviation Administration found that dish soap and hotel key cards were used on parts of Boeing planes.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • At one point during the examination, the air-safety agency observed mechanics at Spirit using a hotel key card to check a door seal, according to a document that describes some of the findings.
    — Mark Walker, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • However, during the week following that, occupancy was up across all 10 of the major metropolitan areas that Kastle tracks by gathering data from key card data and fob check-ins.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023

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