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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 Voraotsady cooked for friends at her home, then expanded to people in her neighborhood, advertising through flyers and Instagram. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 And missing people have been found by regular people just sharing flyers. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 Just about every Saturday morning, volunteers with Cook County Crime Stoppers post flyers or knock on people's doors in an effort to help solve crimes in the Chicago area. — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 The same visual language that once lived on underground rave flyers now feels at home across the internet. — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026 That leaves Koch as the only Artemis II crew member on an active astronaut roster, but Glover and Wiseman, as emeritus flyers, aren't out of the agency entirely. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Cadence Clear Toiletry Parcel Cadence has become a favorite among flight attendants and frequent fliers for a long list of reasons. — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026 On every street corner were heartbreaking handmade flyers on poles asking if anyone had seen a member of someone’s family who had failed to respond to calls and never came home from work. — Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 One Discord user posted a threat to hand out hundreds of fliers at the store’s physical Sonny Angel launch event later that morning, falsely claiming that owners supported ICE to discourage would-be shoppers. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyers
  1. brochures
  2. leaflets
  3. booklets
  4. pamphlets
  5. folders
Noun
  • Flynn had been for a drink with a girl whose job was to place adverts in the various Festival guides and brochures and who spoke mostly in panegyrics.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • That battle moved from brochures to search engines, from search to social media and online travel agencies, and now to generative AI.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of brochures
Noun
  • The first online evacuation order came on August 5 for residents of Mansouri, near Tyre, though Israel had already dropped leaflets on the village just a week into the ceasefire, telling ‌residents to leave ahead of strikes.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, leaflets ordering evacuations pattern the sky like a damned murmuration, and nighttime artillery fire paints striations like inverted fireworks.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 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
  • What the pamphlets don’t tell you is that postpartum depression exists on a spectrum.
    — Caroline Chambers, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • If not a Bible then pamphlets, concern, real or not, in their voices.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of pamphlets
Noun
  • However, those using the free edition can only define three folders and three labels, while Plus users get 200 of each, and Unlimited users have no such limits.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
  • But sharp increases in the cost of folders, pencils and other products have forced her to cut back and search for cheaper alternatives.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of folders

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“Flyers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyers. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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