flyers

noun

variants also fliers
plural of flyer
as in brochures
a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover came out of the store and saw a flyer for a restaurant on my windshield

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Recent Examples of flyers Greep — who eventually came to the stage an hour later than scheduled, and without his backing band — addressed the accusation on the flyers to begin the Vancouver show. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026 The agency can hold community meetings or disperse fliers to warn neighbors about the potential risk. — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Those premium fliers are the customers Delta’s rivals are courting with Starlink. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Maryland’s student body, which helped tape fliers across the campus this week to raise awareness for Ashar, was notified Wednesday night that he had been found, according to a campus alert. — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Her mother has been sharing posts and flyers on social media pleading for her daughter's return. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Among them, artist Vinca Petersen’s sprawling collage of photos, flyers and diary entries capturing underground rave scenes across the UK and Europe. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 After replacing four other Crew Dragon fliers, the fresh crew settled in for an eight-month stay in space, joining a three-man Soyuz crew. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Though there have been regular attendees at Commissioners Court for years, a growing number of people in alignment with Simmons are becoming frequent flyers. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyers
  1. brochures
  2. leaflets
  3. booklets
  4. pamphlets
  5. folders
Noun
  • But business-development brochures were never such grim reading.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Movies, television, and college brochures still default to the classic image of the carefree co-ed moving into a dorm.
    — Ruth Bauer, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of brochures
Noun
  • There, demonstrators can write postcards, distribute leaflets and learn how to phone bank and door knock, according to the No Kings Kansas City Coalition.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaflets
Noun
  • Catalogs, booklets and leave-behinds can carry a brand story longer than a QR code and scroll can.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • How about heaps of photos of the guys with haircuts, guyliner, and nail polish, and CD booklets sodden with semen, blood, and piss?
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2026
Definition of booklets
Noun
  • Volunteers hand out cookies and sliced oranges for breakfast, while organizers run a workshop on collective action and others hand out pamphlets.
    — Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Because of the family’s involvement in the Hispanic community, Juanito was well-known, says Orta, who met with them last week and made sure there were resource pamphlets available at the young man’s wake.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of pamphlets
Noun
  • The club secretary opened her computer and showed multiple folders that demonstrated just how much evidence a football club attempting to refloat has to provide.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This component's other skills include locating large files and folders, locating empty files, irretrievably erasing drives (other than the boot drive), uninstalling apps, and defragmenting disks and the registry.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of folders

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“Flyers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyers. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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