Every card of the row wears both

Three identical cards, 40px halo

First card of the row.
Second card of the row.
Third card of the row.

Cards that differ a little in size still read as one row

Narrower tile.
Middle tile.
Wider tile.

A row lit from above, 8px offset under a 40px blur

First priced tier.
Second priced tier.
Third priced tier.

Grid cells that each wrap their card in a link

One panel per article, two wrappers down, the middle one flipped

First outcome.

Second outcome.

Third outcome.

The pair on its own is ordinary craft

A single floating panel, edge and elevation both earned

One popover over arbitrary content.

Two cards are not yet a row

Left of a pair.
Right of a pair.

A row with a tight shadow, not a wide one

First pill.
Second pill.
Third pill.

A row whose negative spread pulls a 40px blur into a tight lift

First lifted card.
Second lifted card.
Third lifted card.

A black halo on a near-black surface, around cards rimmed in their own fill

First dark card.
Second dark card.
Third dark card.

A row whose wide shadow is drawn inside the box

First well.
Second well.
Third well.

A row whose hairline is too faint to read as an edge

First quiet card.
Second quiet card.
Third quiet card.

A row with a deliberate heavy edge, not a hairline

First framed card.
Second framed card.
Third framed card.

Three boxes of one tag and treatment, sized nothing alike

Rail.
Banner panel.
Chip.

One panel in a stack of articles that hold no panel

The one outcome with a chart.

An outcome told in words.

Another outcome told in words.

A flyout per nav item, laid out but hidden until hovered

A dropdown per nav item, closed with display: none