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Synonyms: Noun
booklet, brochure, circular, flyer (also flier), folder, pamphlet
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Protesters were handing out leaflets condemning the government's environmental policies. the company hires college students to work the phones and distribute leaflets for its clientsVerb
We spent the morning leafleting.
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The leaflet tells them they will be charged with a crime and provides a hotline number to call to help them locate their kids. — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, "In Trump’s efficient U.S. family separation system, reunions take far longer," 19 June 2018 Identify it by looking for three leaflets on each leaf, with the leaves arranged in an alternating pattern on the stem. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "QUIZ: Can You Identify These Dangerous Summer Plants and Bugs?," 3 Aug. 2018 During the 2016 referendum on whether the U.K. should quit the EU, the government spent millions of pounds sending leaflets to households around the country urging them to vote to stay in the EU. — Max Colchester, WSJ, "May Looks to Public to Back Brexit Deal," 26 Nov. 2018 Seoul began blaring anti-North Korean broadcasts and K-Pop songs via border loudspeakers, and North Korea quickly matched the action with its own border broadcasts and launches of balloons carrying anti-South leaflets. — Time, "President Trump 'Can Take the Nobel Prize' if North and South Korea Reach Peace Deal, Moon Jae-in Says," 30 Apr. 2018 Most people won’t change their behavior at all in response to a leaflet. — Kelsey Piper, Vox, "Want to help animals? Focus on corporate decisions, not people’s plates.," 31 Oct. 2018 The regime also dropped leaflets in the area urging surrender. — Raja Abdulrahim, WSJ, "Syria’s Last Rebel Stronghold Girds for Regime Assault," 17 Aug. 2018 In 2016, the organizers of the Brexit push Vote Leave asked Collett to stop campaigning with their materials after he was photographed at an official-looking table handing out leaflets with his swastika-tattooed girlfriend, according to the BBC. — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, "A GOP congressman retweeted a self-described ‘Nazi sympathizer.’ His party did not rebuke him.," 13 June 2018 Attached to each lawn sign this year is a two-sided leaflet with information about services provided by police and fire. — Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, "Lawn signs replace ribbons as way to say 'thank you' to Skokie’s first responders: Organizer," 30 Apr. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Another article lashed out at South Korean authorities for allowing defectors to send anti-North Korea leaflets across their border. — Fox News, "North Korea welcomes foreign journalists, but excludes South Korean media to nuclear site closing," 23 May 2018 Yet another article lashed out at South Korean authorities for allowing defectors to send anti-North Korea leaflets across their border. — Eric Talmadge, chicagotribune.com, "As summit looms, North Korean media return to angry tone," 22 May 2018 Yet another article lashed out at South Korean authorities for allowing defectors to send anti-North Korea leaflets across their border. — Eric Talmadge, The Christian Science Monitor, "As summit approaches, North Korea's media sharpens its tone," 22 May 2018 The North quickly matched the South’s action with its own border broadcasts and launches of balloons carrying anti-South Korea leaflets across the border. — BostonGlobe.com, "South Korea stops propaganda broadcasts along North Korean border," 23 Apr. 2018 The North quickly matched the South’s action with its own border broadcasts and launches of balloons carrying anti-South Korea leaflets across the border. — Hyung-jin Kim, USA TODAY, "South Korea stops blasting K-pop at North Korea across the DMZ ahead of nuclear talks," 23 Apr. 2018 Both sides barraged the other with the noise, with North Korea even floating balloons packed with anti-South Korea leaflets across the border. — John Bacon, ajc, "South Korea stops blasting K-pop at North Korea across the DMZ ahead of nuclear talks," 23 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'leaflet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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