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a large sign for advertisements that is next to a road, on the side of a building, etc.
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Recent Examples of billboard
Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Calvin Klein hasn’t owned Calvin Klein for decades, but the most Calvin Klein-y part of Calvin Klein — the clingy white boxer briefs that Marky Mark once donned on billboards over Times Square — is suddenly back in fashion.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
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
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Noun
Across Tehran, billboards now advertise installment plans to pay for basic goods.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Calvin Klein hasn’t owned Calvin Klein for decades, but the most Calvin Klein-y part of Calvin Klein — the clingy white boxer briefs that Marky Mark once donned on billboards over Times Square — is suddenly back in fashion.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboard
Noun
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Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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Most of the spending is on ads intended to introduce voters to Tubbs, who may be best known nationally for driving an experiment giving select Stockton residents universal basic income.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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The vote sets the stage for a grueling summer of campaigns and advertisements over whether voters should insert partisan politics into the judiciary.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Commissioners also want to restrict the type of advertisements on the robots and floated the idea of no advertisements at all, an ask the company behind the robots does not seem keen on.—
Michelle Marchante
June 3,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
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Trump is a longtime cage match fan and the event marks his 80th birthday, but the president has sought to bill it as part of the anniversary festivities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Hospitals bill roughly $5,000 per session; a full 40-session course runs to $200,000.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
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Across from me, a woman with very beautiful eyes was looking at a poster about the dangers of smoking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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The weekend also marks the grand opening of a permanent poster exhibit dedicated to the history of Odd Fellows Cemetery and North Little Rock’s Military Heights neighborhood.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
10 June 2026
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This type of signage became so ubiquitous and so grotesquely huge across the city as businesses advertised and competed for visual attention that they were forcefully phased out by the government in the 2010s and replaced by Korean letters tastefully cut out to be lit from within instead.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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But many cheap phone plans strip out hotspot support to undercut other services’ advertised rates.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
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In the car was a bright yellow placard notifying passengers of telephone numbers to call in case of danger or violations.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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But to determine if the person assigned the placard is actually the driver or passenger — and, if not, to then confiscate the permit — usually means waiting around to catch them going to or from the car and then asking for paperwork to verify the permit.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
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Trump said Xi also told him that China intended to continue buying oil from Iran, even as Beijing opposed any effort by Iran to militarize or effectively toll the Strait of Hormuz.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
14 May 2026
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Ouija boards were enshrined in glass cases throughout the room; periodically, a small silver bell tolled without warning, moving as though on its own.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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“Billboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboard. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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