How to Use key card in a Sentence

key card

noun
  • The men flashed key cards at a gate and pulled into the hangar.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • And key cards for their doors have stopped working, risking locking them out.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Building staff members have key cards to open the bins, which are emptied three times per week.
    — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Pitaro for his part began mending fences almost as soon as he was handed his key card.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There’s no bouncer who will listen to you whisper a secret word, but rather, a key card that scans you in.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
  • And with more guests using digital key cards, some guests will never interact with the front desk.
    — Richard Sine, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Rettig was in a locked apartment building accessible by a key card.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Lanyard Passengers use cruise key cards for more than getting into their rooms.
    — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the middle of the touch screen is a card icon that indicates where to place the NFC key card.
    — PCMAG, 10 May 2024
  • Inside Ruby’s purse, police find a key card from a luxury hotel in the area.
    — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 16 May 2025
  • Going higher requires a key card, according to the court complaint.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Doors are now equipped with key card access, and the facility will have overnight security guards.
    — Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
  • Accessing the vault requires both entering a code and producing a key card.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 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
  • The man was not a hotel guest and allegedly sneaked around the hotel’s key card security system.
    — Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • Attacking your own network or cloning your own key card is one thing, going after someone else’s is another.
    — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The company later worked with Boeing to create a tool to replace hotel key cards.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • More access points will require key cards for entry, and there will be additional panic buttons.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2024
  • Smith went to the hotel’s reception in the early hours of the morning and was handed a key card, according to the outlet.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Items in the bag included prescription glasses, wallet, school key card, several keys from my shop at school, change of clothes, and a lunch bag.
    — John Oman, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Federal workers are showing up to work only to find their key cards deactivated.
    — Lluvia Gaucin, IndyStar, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Other common features include key fobs or key cards, which can grant access to your home without requiring users to memorize a code.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • What also bothered her and others is that the bathroom, which is for emergency room staff members only, requires a key card to enter.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In a nod to modernity and environmental friendliness, there are no plastic hotel key cards.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Investigators also found a trash bag containing a key card, toys, diapers and kids' snacks in a trash bin at the hotel’s parking garage.
    — Caroline Wilburn, Houston Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Investigators also found Jones' shoes, a hotel room key card, his wallet and his driver’s license.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Auctions held in person would have to be accessible to the public, not behind locked doors or in locations requiring a key card access.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025

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