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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
Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images On the commercial side, F1 is attracting more sponsors than ever before, making the cars essentially moving billboards, while the drivers also have numerous sponsors on their race suits and off-track deals.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Amid the album's release, Justin shared several clips and photos on Instagram of billboards and projections in various locations around the world featuring a photo with his 1-year-old son Jack Blues, and himself and his wife, 28, with the little one.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Like Swag, Bieber announced the new LP a day before its arrival with a flurry of Instagram posts featuring billboards and other large-scale promotions of the album cover.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
On September 4, billboards went up across the world, just like last time, teasing a pink sequel with photos of Bieber and son.
—Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The new album follows the same surprise announcement and quick-drop model as its predecessor, via an Instagram post (although the first one was preceded by billboards in Iceland, Atlanta and Los Angeles depicting an image of Bieber accompanied by the title).
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
There’s incredible technological developments around better screens, better signage, anamorphic billboards—really cool, fun executions that stand out and are bigger and bolder than anything else.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Most of the wins highlighted in the billboards, however, are for smaller offices, like the race for mayor in Huntington or a city council seat in Rensselaer.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
The money’s not there to have billboards.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images On the commercial side, F1 is attracting more sponsors than ever before, making the cars essentially moving billboards, while the drivers also have numerous sponsors on their race suits and off-track deals.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Amid the album's release, Justin shared several clips and photos on Instagram of billboards and projections in various locations around the world featuring a photo with his 1-year-old son Jack Blues, and himself and his wife, 28, with the little one.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Like Swag, Bieber announced the new LP a day before its arrival with a flurry of Instagram posts featuring billboards and other large-scale promotions of the album cover.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
On September 4, billboards went up across the world, just like last time, teasing a pink sequel with photos of Bieber and son.
—Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The new album follows the same surprise announcement and quick-drop model as its predecessor, via an Instagram post (although the first one was preceded by billboards in Iceland, Atlanta and Los Angeles depicting an image of Bieber accompanied by the title).
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
There’s incredible technological developments around better screens, better signage, anamorphic billboards—really cool, fun executions that stand out and are bigger and bolder than anything else.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Most of the wins highlighted in the billboards, however, are for smaller offices, like the race for mayor in Huntington or a city council seat in Rensselaer.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboards
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Disney and Nelson Peltz spent tens of millions of dollars on old-school mailers, phone calls, and advertisements trying to win over individual investors, a large block of the House of Mouse’s shareholder base.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The first rollout of the ad is kicking off in conjunction with this week’s Thursday Night Football game, as the automaker aligns itself with the NFL season, one of the largest moneymakers for advertisements leading up to the Super Bowl.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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In some comical cases, the ads were served by Google’s ad server to Google’s own bots.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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If drugmakers were forced to include a comprehensive and complete list of side effects, one media executive says, the result would be ads that are unworkably long for TV, which is built around 15-, 30-, and 60-second commercials.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Since the archer is a defender of the universe, the sentiment rings true for the loyalty and camaraderie Sazz brings through her actions.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That sentiment probably rings very true for the devoted fans of the long-running franchise that has included six television seasons and three theatrical films.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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That’s in comparison to some left-wing posters on social media who reacted to Kirk's death, according to NPR.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The site had published a list on Thursday of social media posts with the names, locations and employers of the posters.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The memorial grew through the morning as more people arrived, laying flowers, lighting candles and placing supportive placards around the entry sign on the hospital's lawn.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The following restaurants received red placards in August, resulting in their temporary closures, The Sacramento Bee previously reported.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Investors flocked to bonds because of signs of a slowdown in the labor market.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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On the flip side, secrecy triggers hypervigilance, where one partner obsessively scans for signs of deception or hidden threats, and naturally so given the suspicious nature of the matter.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In honor of celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, advertises Bryan's best brisket sandwich.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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But for Jennifer Lawrence, a simple everyday outing is a chance to show off a tote bag that advertises a literal book.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
25 Aug. 2025
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Included is more than three hours of documentary video that charts the history of the controversial fighting franchise, 90 minutes of archival footage, original artwork made by Mortal Kombat’s co-creator, John Tobias, as well as a bunch of notebooks and vintage adverts to peruse.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images In the study, researchers crafted job adverts that called for a candidate high in one of six personality factors including honesty-humility, emotionality, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Billboards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboards. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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