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handbill

noun

Definition of handbill

as in pamphlet

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Recent Examples of handbill Pamphlets, flyers and handbills unless approved by management. — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025 The exhibition brings together public health campaigns, agitprop, benefit flyers, and club handbills showing how poster design helped build survival networks from the ground up. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 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 Guardino began collecting rock memorabilia 55 years ago, amassing vinyl records, posters, handbills and autographed photos into what is considered the largest private collection of rock ephemera in Northern California. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for handbill

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Noun

Many books, articles and pamphlets have been written about this unique spot in the center of Guilford.

— Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
The true crime genre dates back to the 16th century, when people would publish pamphlets and street literature in Britain.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Definition of pamphlet

Noun

Pat George, a frequent flier, avoided a line at the Admirals Club in Miami because a representative called ahead to a second lounge near Gate D15 to confirm there was no wait.

— Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 2 July 2026
In response to the positive test, MPHD said crews are distributing educational flyers in the affected neighborhood, increasing mosquito trapping, monitoring standing water and applying larvicide where needed to help reduce mosquito populations.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of flyer

Noun

To deadhead, cut back individual spent blooms to the first five-leaflet leaf to encourage more buds to form.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
In the late 1990s, the former police officer distributed leaflets with his articles on topics such as the Tiananmen crackdown.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026

Definition of leaflet

Noun

Jeopardy’s clue writers appear to have been fooled by a viral tweet that purported to show an image from the original Tetris instruction booklet.

— Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
It was also published as a booklet, in another journal, and included in an anthology of Planck’s essays and lectures.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 28 June 2026

Definition of booklet

Noun

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

Noun

Canada’s largest lender also plans to increase annual compensation for its board directors by 22% to C$415,000 per year following a review by an external consultant, Royal Bank said in its annual proxy circular, filed Thursday.

— Christine Dobby, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026
Look for items on sale via the weekly store circular.

— Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026

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