billboards 1 of 2

plural of billboard

billboards

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of billboard

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of billboards
Noun
The sports venue operators, however, are on track to lose their push to remove advertising from large billboards in Inglewood. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 Police have put up digital billboards asking for drivers with dashcam video who were in the area at the time of the stabbing to get in touch with them. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 Charlotte tree cutting concerns The previous fee structure did not stop Adams Outdoor from removing trees around its Charlotte billboards. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026 He’s homed in on Risch’s age in campaign ads and put up billboards that wished his opponent a happy 83rd birthday — and urged him to retire. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026 That coincided with the appearance of Starlink billboards in cities such as Cleveland, Phoenix, and Kansas City. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 Rulings from a 2019 lawsuit favoring the department to stop the billboards’ construction have also been invoked by the Town of Southampton to halt a gas station and travel plaza on the same piece of land. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Illuminated billboards along busy commercial corridors now dim soon after sunset, while shops close an hour early. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Less than two weeks before the October 27 vote, the billboards of Netanyahu are back. — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboards
Noun
  • Pro-Pulido advertisements have often focused on immigration policy.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Much of that money has been used for TV advertisements and mailers portraying Vang as an extremist, highlighting her association with Piker and her refusal to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This also rings true for the physical and mental toll type 1 diabetes takes, not just on the person diagnosed, but on the entire family.
    — Nick Jonas, Time, 5 Nov. 2026
  • While this sentiment rings true, there is a significant amount of precedent to suggest that not all tax hikes are created equal in the eyes of California voters.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Meta makes nearly all of its money selling ads, and an assistant built by an ad company will tend to find that the answer involves more advertising.
    — Eric Groves, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • As late as 2018, according to AdImpact data reported by The Wall Street Journal, 140 political ads mentioned the debt or budget deficit.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Despite being published nearly fifty years later, Love Days tolls the same alarm bells as The Story of Avis.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In the final scene of the season 1 finale, the church bell tolls eight times — meaning that the town is now demanding eight sacrifices to honor the centuries-old pact.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Bracie was very hands-on, selecting the fabrics, designing the clothes, arranging the photoshoots, and even modeling gowns for posters that will appear in Dillards.
    — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Some fans held up large posters and asked for autographs, while chants of the director’s first name broke out from the crowd.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Anthropic advertises a salary floor of $265,000 for charmers willing to spend half their time on the road in increasingly hostile territory.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The billboard along Independence advertises the Charlotte FC soccer team.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Part of the charm of traveling in New England is waking up in a town that feels plucked right out of a movie, grabbing a latte at the local coffee shop, and strolling down streets filled with homes bearing historic placards.
    — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The night of the crash, police scuffled with a hundreds of protesters outside the transport ministry headquarters, some of whom carried placards demanding that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez resign.
    — Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Others work automatically whenever the canine barks too loudly or too much.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • New people can still require an adjustment period for Lainey, who initially barks when meeting someone unfamiliar.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Billboards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboards. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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