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noun

ˈbu̇-lə-tᵊn How to pronounce bulletin (audio)
Definition of bulletinnext
1
as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals picks up a church bulletin every Sunday after Mass

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as in advertisement
a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest I signed up to receive the free financial bulletin daily in my in-box

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verb

as in to gazette

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Recent Examples of bulletin
Noun
Family members told authorities that Cooley had a medical condition that may impair his judgment, the MBI said in a bulletin. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 Sky will also have to commission a proportion of programmes made outside London, and honour the contract for ITN’s news bulletins for ITV until 2031. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 July 2026
Verb
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 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 See All Example Sentences for bulletin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulletin
  1. newspaper
  2. advertisement
  3. gazette
  4. periodical
  5. announcement
  6. billboard
  7. journal
  8. ad
Noun
  • Our new neighbors have been out of town for several weeks, and their newspapers keep piling up outside their home.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • With the only Black newspaper in town gone, there was no one to refute that false narrative.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of newspaper
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  • People in costumes marched alongside floats with advertisements and extravagantly patriotic decorations.
    — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026
  • In April, authorities say investigators with the California’s Contractors State License Board’s Statewide Investigative Fraud Team discovered online advertisements offering construction services that did not list a contractor license number.
    — Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of advertisement
Verb
  • Under pressure from Beijing, Article 23 draft legislation was gazetted March 8 and sailed through Hong Kong’s 90-seat Legislative Council in under 11 days, faster than any other law since 1997.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The draft network statement will be gazetted in a few days time for public consultation before being finalized in Transnet SOC Ltd.’s next financial year, which begins April 1, the company said in a statement late Friday.
    — Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg.com, 16 Mar. 2024
Definition of gazette
Noun
  • The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
    — Ben Mankiewicz, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of periodical
Noun
  • Unexpectedly, the announcement came on Bastille Day, France's national holiday.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 14 July 2026
  • Caught by surprise However, the president's announcement on collecting fees from commercial vessels seemed to catch some members of his administration, foreign governments and international organizations by surprise.
    — Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of announcement
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
Definition of billboard
Noun
  • The results were published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • The study was published in the journal Nature Communications.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of journal
Noun
  • The company scrambled to placate the brands with new demonetization policies, stripping ads from huge batches of videos.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
  • Astronauts just flew to Earth orbit space atop a rocket emblazoned with an energy-drink ad.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 17 July 2026
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