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noun

ˈbu̇-lə-tᵊn How to pronounce bulletin (audio)
Definition of bulletinnext
1
as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals picks up a church bulletin every Sunday after Mass

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2
as in advertisement
a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest I signed up to receive the free financial bulletin daily in my in-box

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bulletin

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verb

as in to gazette

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Recent Examples of bulletin
Noun
The issue touches everything from the Chevrolet Equinox to GMC Acadia to Buick Enclave, and a new service bulletin details how techs should diagnose the issue and when to replace that pesky sensor, which is buried deep in the gearbox. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026 But after the Sheriff’s Department released a bulletin calling for other possible victims to come forward, detectives learned of several additional burglaries possibly linked to Lavie. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
Messages tacked to bulletin boards and written on dressing room blackboards conveyed the spirit of the team. — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2022 Viewers are asked to respond to prompts based on works on view in the show by scribbling notes or making sketches on brightly colored pieces of paper, and pinning them to bulletin boards. — Steven Litt, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for bulletin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulletin
  1. newspaper
  2. advertisement
  3. gazette
  4. periodical
  5. announcement
  6. billboard
  7. journal
  8. ad
Noun
  • Local newspapers, foremost among them the New York Times, opened up their obituary pages to cover, in humanizing detail, the lives of ordinary people who died in the attacks.
    — Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The 12 defendants, including Khalifa, were sentenced to death by hanging and fined 500,000 Egyptian pounds ($9,800) by Cairo’s Criminal Court, the al-Ahram newspaper reported.
    — Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of newspaper
Noun
  • James posted a 14-second video on social media platform X that appeared to be an advertisement for Polymarket.
    — Lillian Rizzo,Jessica Golden, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • With Ohtani on the marquee, the franchise transformed Dodger Stadium into a money machine covered in Japanese advertisements and mobbed each afternoon by tour groups.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of advertisement
Verb
  • Under pressure from Beijing, Article 23 draft legislation was gazetted March 8 and sailed through Hong Kong’s 90-seat Legislative Council in under 11 days, faster than any other law since 1997.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In 1993, the Economist was gazetted after authorities claimed that the magazine had denied them the right of reply by refusing to publish letters from Singapore’s High Commissioner in London in full.
    — Time, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
Definition of gazette
Noun
  • People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
Definition of periodical
Noun
  • Last June, the kingdom’s efforts were rewarded with the announcement that there would be, for the first time, a Saudi Arabia edition of the Michelin guide.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But it was flexed to a Sunday evening slot following a late July announcement to showcase the club in front of a national television audience.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of announcement
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  • White grew up in Brooklyn, and watched a rotating stream of Calvin Klein models grace that billboard his whole life.
    — Staff Author, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • The artist billboards that pop up in the lead up to Coachella often establish a sense of optimism for the performances in store for the weekend.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of billboard
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  • The results, published this year in the ‘Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise’ journal, ranked a suit blower running cold air first and a cold-air helmet blower second.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The study is published in the journal Applied Physics Letters.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of journal
Noun
  • Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Cudi claims that those not close to Ye can’t see the progress he’s made on his mental health; early this year, Ye apologized in an ad taken out of the WSJ in January for his antisemitic behavior.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
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