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handbill

noun

Definition of handbillnext
as in pamphlet

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Recent Examples of handbill Posters, handbills, ephemera—all were charged with code-red urgency. — Joel Lobenthal, Air Mail, 7 Mar. 2026 This handbill intends to resolve confusion. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026 Some Quakers responded by pragmatically going along with the thanksgiving days, while others distributed handbills attempting to explain to their neighbors that their objection was religious rather than political. — JSTOR Daily, 24 Nov. 2025 Pamphlets, flyers and handbills unless approved by management. — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for handbill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbill
  1. pamphlet
  2. flyer
  3. leaflet
  4. brochure
  5. booklet
  6. advertisement
  7. circular
Noun
  • In advance of that meeting, letters, pamphlets, and articles started to fly around the nation, debating the meaning of Judaism and the place of the Jews in America.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As far as our genetic library goes, the Y chromosome seems like a mere pamphlet.
    — Mike McRae September 20, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of pamphlet
Noun
  • 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
Definition of flyer
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 leaflet
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
  • The spa brochure ranges from seashell massages (which, yes, involve giant seashells covered in coconut oil) to traditional Thai rubdowns and every kind of herbal body wrap, detox-scrub and age-defying facial in between.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of brochure
Noun
  • Guria remains poor enough that a municipal beauty pageant can offer a food processor — beg pardon, a food processor and its instruction booklet — as its top prize.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There’s also a booklet with liner notes from veteran Rolling Stone writer Mikal Gilmore.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of booklet
Noun
  • In that announcement, investigators specifically said the criminal group delivered fraudulent advertisements through search engines including Google and Bing.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Salazar also uses the advertisement to appeal directly to Trump to take a different approach to immigration.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of advertisement
Noun
  • First is a transition from a circular to a linear view of time and history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Bureau withdrew the relevant circulars and has partially paused supervision in this area.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of circular

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“Handbill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbill. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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