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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
  • 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 pamphlet
Noun
  • 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
  • Last year, the Department of Homeland Security, which was formed after the attacks, said flyers can leave their shoes on at airports, a major change for travelers going through regular security.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 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
  • 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
  • The answers can tell you far more than a polished marketing brochure ever will.
    — David Crown, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of brochure
Noun
  • The proxy gave me a blue pencil, a test booklet, and a scantron for my answers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Visitors to the boutique are handed a booklet in which their fragrance blotters can be placed and notions of perfumes jotted down.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of booklet
Noun
  • James posted a 14-second video on social media platform X that appeared to be an advertisement for Polymarket.
    — Lillian Rizzo,Jessica Golden, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • With Ohtani on the marquee, the franchise transformed Dodger Stadium into a money machine covered in Japanese advertisements and mobbed each afternoon by tour groups.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 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 16 Sep. 2026.

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