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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
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Additionally, to spotlight these creators, a selection of Forbes Top Creator list makers will be featured on OUTFRONT's digital billboards across the country.
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Forbes Press Releases,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
All along the North Fork of Long Island, roadside billboards were popping up and staking a claim to various properties on behalf of an entity called the Soloviev Group.
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Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
In Dallas, billboards are posted near the FIFA Fan Festival in Fair Park, Dallas Stadium, Toyota Stadium, and the stadium in Mansfield.
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Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Both sides had poured tens of millions into the campaigns, plastering billboards across Los Angeles.
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Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The Moonshine Store is a summer road-trip attraction, though an honest one, not the kind that announces itself with highway billboards for miles around or declares itself a must-visit destination.
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Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
To voice their support for telework, state workers have regularly held rallies in opposition to Newsom’s return-to-office order and erected billboards along freeways to support their cause.
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William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
And after Serena Williams gave birth to the couple's first child, Alexis Ohanian celebrated the occasion by renting four billboards in her honor.
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Lydia Price,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Noun
Voters for months have been inundated with television advertising, mailers and billboards in the contest, which began more than a year ago as candidates clamored for attention in South Carolina's first truly open governor's race in more than a decade.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
Additionally, to spotlight these creators, a selection of Forbes Top Creator list makers will be featured on OUTFRONT's digital billboards across the country.
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Forbes Press Releases,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
All along the North Fork of Long Island, roadside billboards were popping up and staking a claim to various properties on behalf of an entity called the Soloviev Group.
—
Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
In Dallas, billboards are posted near the FIFA Fan Festival in Fair Park, Dallas Stadium, Toyota Stadium, and the stadium in Mansfield.
—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Both sides had poured tens of millions into the campaigns, plastering billboards across Los Angeles.
—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The Moonshine Store is a summer road-trip attraction, though an honest one, not the kind that announces itself with highway billboards for miles around or declares itself a must-visit destination.
—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
To voice their support for telework, state workers have regularly held rallies in opposition to Newsom’s return-to-office order and erected billboards along freeways to support their cause.
—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
And after Serena Williams gave birth to the couple's first child, Alexis Ohanian celebrated the occasion by renting four billboards in her honor.
—
Lydia Price,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboards
Noun
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Several speakers at Wednesday's board meeting took issue with advertisements for the Museum of Sex appearing on city buses, arguing children shouldn't be exposed to them on their daily commute.
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The attention-grabbing bottles could be anywhere from 12 inches (for a countertop) to over 24 inches (for a display window) tall and acted as de facto advertisements enticing customers to smell the scents their smaller bottles contained.
Verb
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In fact, the only thing that rings true is how the Three Lions end up exiting the tournament.
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But don’t tell that to winger Timothy Weah, who could be in line for his first start of the tournament as Pochettino rings the changes to keep his players fresh for the round of 32.
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With the passage of Thursday’s law, both sides have agreed to pull their respective measures from the November ballot, halting campaigns that had both parties amassing tens of millions in funding and blanketing the airwaves with ads.
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The comments were clipped almost immediately by the Jones team and played on multiple ads on television and social media, and became a regular talking point for Jones during various public appearances.
Verb
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As the car carrying him departed the police station, a photographer captured another indelible image, of the former Prince slumped in the back seat, wide-eyed and slack-jawed—the boy for whom the chimes once pealed looking very much like a man for whom the bell now tolls.
Noun
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When Fluffy failed to come out of hiding after 24 hours, Melissa Kirby and her husband began making and posting missing cat posters around their neighborhood.
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Two families of some of those on the deportation flight, who have used social media to find one another and share missing posters, told Reuters 12 people escaped the rubble on their own.
Verb
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Israel advertises its freedom to strike.
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No other commodity on earth advertises its price so prominently and constantly than gasoline.
Noun
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Some carried placards and others banged plates, their noise cutting through the crowd protesting and demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave four Sacramento-area facilities red placards for health food violations including finding 38 German cockroaches and a lack of hot water.
Verb
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Mac barks at Andi as the two of them drive home.
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Much like a dog that barks at every little noise and passerby, my skin is reactive.
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“Billboards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboards. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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