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a
: a usually large printed sheet that often contains pictures and is posted in a public place (as to promote something)
b
: a usually large printed sheet that is put on a wall as decoration
2
: a person who posts something online (see post entry 2 sense 3)
The case is among a growing number of defamation claims nationally that target anonymous Internet posters to websites operated by news media and other owners.—
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postered; postering; posters
: to put up posters on walls or surfaces : to affix posters to
postered her bedroom walls with images of her favorite athletes
They were not exactly old hands when it came to postering abandoned buildings, walls and fences in the dead of night.—Nancy Kapitanoff
Nancy KapitanoffThat we were in fact postering for so innocuous an event as a poetry reading was cause for greater amusement …—The Baffler
The Baffler
archaic
: a swift traveler
Synonyms
Examples of poster in a Sentence
Noun (2)
we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert
Recent Examples on the WebKimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
Phony Eagles posters of Harris remain a case of ‘whodunnit’
Harris made a campaign stop in Pittsburgh on Labor Day – but her likeness also appeared in nearby Philadelphia, where several posters depicting her in an Eagles helmet were discovered at bus stops around the city.
—Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Nestled among these is a poster for a joint talk by Federici and Caffentzis, printed with black-and-white portraits of the pair’s younger selves.
—Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
The animated Joker struts through a theater lobby past posters of Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon, Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey and Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity — all figuring in musical choices later in the film — but blood also will splatter the screen.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
She was described in the missing poster as 5’1 with brown eyes and brown hair, weighing about 131 lbs.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
Phony Eagles posters of Harris remain a case of ‘whodunnit’
Harris made a campaign stop in Pittsburgh on Labor Day – but her likeness also appeared in nearby Philadelphia, where several posters depicting her in an Eagles helmet were discovered at bus stops around the city.
—Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Nestled among these is a poster for a joint talk by Federici and Caffentzis, printed with black-and-white portraits of the pair’s younger selves.
—Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
The animated Joker struts through a theater lobby past posters of Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon, Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey and Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity — all figuring in musical choices later in the film — but blood also will splatter the screen.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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