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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 billboards
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
Early morning means fewer people jostling for space and better chances to take in the massive digital billboards and bustling streetscape without feeling rushed.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
UConn Health took out billboards on major highways in Connecticut, part of a strategy to pressure Aetna in the negotiations.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Her fluent Mandarin also gives her access to an enormous market in China, where her face is splashed across billboards and television screens.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The ads were all over buses and billboards, and possibly even stolen by fans.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Fort Collins has had a ban on billboards within city limits for decades, unless previously grandfathered in.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
The fewer of us who choose to go out to the cinema, the less call there will be for posters and billboards to guide us there.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
In Lahore, though, the provincial government did a heavy promotional spree for Basant, with the face of the chief minister, Maryam Nawaz, appearing on billboards around the city.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
The campaign will be visible from Tuesday at Milan newsstands, and will also appear on billboards and kiosks throughout Paris Fashion Week.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
Early morning means fewer people jostling for space and better chances to take in the massive digital billboards and bustling streetscape without feeling rushed.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
UConn Health took out billboards on major highways in Connecticut, part of a strategy to pressure Aetna in the negotiations.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Her fluent Mandarin also gives her access to an enormous market in China, where her face is splashed across billboards and television screens.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The ads were all over buses and billboards, and possibly even stolen by fans.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Fort Collins has had a ban on billboards within city limits for decades, unless previously grandfathered in.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
The fewer of us who choose to go out to the cinema, the less call there will be for posters and billboards to guide us there.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
In Lahore, though, the provincial government did a heavy promotional spree for Basant, with the face of the chief minister, Maryam Nawaz, appearing on billboards around the city.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboards
Noun
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Days earlier, Anthropic ran a Super Bowl ad taking digs at OpenAI’s decision to test advertisements in ChatGPT.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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Altman was quick to respond publicly to the campaign, saying in a lengthy post on X the company would never run ads in the way Anthropic showed in their advertisements.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Cubs would sell the ads and keep most of the money, and the rooftop owners would keep their unobstructed views of the ballpark for their businesses.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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While Anthropic has centered its revenue model on selling Claude to other businesses, OpenAI has opened the doors to ads as a way of making money from the hundreds of millions of consumers who get ChatGPT for free.—
Matt O'Brien,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Cala Pregonda, Menorca Just an island over from the tourist-trodden Mallorca, Menorca feels a world away—a sentiment that rings even more true in the north of the island.—
Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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Both funny and deeply powerful, The Big Sick shows the reality of romance with a heartfelt love story that rings true.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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Some people collect baseball cards, comic books or movie posters.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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The inside of the blues club—located in Clarksdale, the birthplace of the blues—is decked out in red neon signs, posters, and all kinds of memorabilia.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, a total of six received yellow placards for health code violations ranging from an employee not washing their hands to old food debris on the meat slicer.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
February 20,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The group Avenging The Ancestors led an eight-year effort to include more than a dozen placards about slavery at The President’s House, a site managed by the City of Philadelphia and the National Parks Service.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But Cronin believes there are signs of finding consistent improvement.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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In October, following the bankruptcies of Tricolor and First Brands, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, pointed to signs that corporate lending practices had grown too lax over the past decade .—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But success in those areas can be set up by results within the season and the product that the current team advertises to prospective players.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, this salsa anthem is as unforgettable as the title advertises.—
Yifan Wu,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Dyer used to love the old Pearl and Dean adverts.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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British people often describe American sports as too stop-start and bemoan the amount of adverts.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Billboards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboards. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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