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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
Chloe Veltman, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
In a top-30 market where UConn women’s basketball players are billboard-worthy celebrities, name-image-likeness opportunities are limitless.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 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
And yet these billboards are everywhere.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
In a top-30 market where UConn women’s basketball players are billboard-worthy celebrities, name-image-likeness opportunities are limitless.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 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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In a client note, Fishman said the introduction of an ad tier in 2022 has provided a boost to the company by increasing its options.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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She and then-Assemblyman Mamdani were pictured together at a 2021 pro-Palestinian rally, which was re-surfaced during last year’s mayoral election in an anti-Mamdani campaign ad, Since then, though, Kiswani has become a frequent critic of Mamdani.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 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
Noun
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When Barbara was 3 years old, her mother saw an advertisement for the Little Miss Little Rock Contest and entered the child, who won.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2026
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Ubiquitous advertisements on television and social media, often fronted by celebrities and sports idols, are now often the first exposure to gambling for children.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trammel said the spokesperson said city uses a third party vendor, Wittman Enterprises, to bill customers.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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What the Westminster patient didn’t know was that this would kick off a year of fighting with a company determined to bill Houk and her insurance providers as often as possible.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The vinyl will be issued as a two-disc set featuring both the show’s needle drops and selections from Peter Peter’s score, along with a double-sided 12×24-inch poster, two trading cards, gatefold packaging and liner notes from series creator Jacob Tierney.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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But the price — $28 per poster — isn’t outlandish.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And yet when Vanderbilt administrators advertised that their email had been written with the assistance of ChatGPT, students and faculty pushed back.—
Emily Hodgson Anderson,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Some online lenders advertise same-day funding, but that usually means applying early in the morning, getting approved quickly and having an account at a bank that processes transfers fast.—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Warning about the potential consequences of Skydance founder Ellison and his father, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, owning both CBS and CNN, Acosta’s remarks picked up on a placard quoting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week criticizing the media over its Iran war coverage.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Greek was reinspected on Wednesday, March 18 and passed with a green placard.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Interestingly, the wristband could accurately predict a wide array of hand positions, from 26 letters of complex American Sign Language signs to the subtle grips required for holding scissors, a tennis ball, or a pencil.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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The changes at the intersection will mean the addition of two signs that will have flashing lights triggered by people or traffic at the crossing roads.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Billboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboard. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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