handbills

plural of handbill

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Noun
  • In some accounts of American history, the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin decisively turned public opinion against slavery, accomplishing what pamphlets and political rhetoric could not.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Over its final thirty years the abolitionist movement was a popular cause written about in novels, poems, and pamphlets that Austen would have known about and read.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, a dozen organizations are handing out flyers encouraging protesters to get involved, including Indiana AID, which provides support to immigrants and their families whom have been impacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Tony Cook, IndyStar, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Yet having been shut out by midtable flyers Gamba Osaka, who had been chasing an eighth victory in a row, hope remains for a bunched chasing pack that seems hellbent on ensuring a multi-team title race.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dahlstrom and some of his colleagues handed out leaflets outside of LaGuardia Airport in New York on Tuesday to urge the public to ask lawmakers to end the shutdown.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ahead of the release, Israeli authorities dropped leaflets in the West Bank warning against celebrations.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.
    Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the booklets for the cassette and the double-CD package had to be made to work on a much smaller scale.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • From McDonald’s with its Boo Buckets to Wendy’s and its coupon booklets, restaurants are offering Halloween ways to collect treats as well as items to help fill buckets.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Tennessean looked at weekly circulars from more than a dozen stores, including Middle Tennessee staples like Aldi, Dollar General, BJ's Wholesale Club.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to weekly sales available in circulars, discounts in the Giant Eagle mobile app, and grocery and fuel rewards through a loyalty program, the spokesman said Giant Eagle will be working with suppliers to explore all opportunities to maintain and reduce costs.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vought and his colleagues toured the country, whipping up the grass roots, and poured millions of dollars into advertisements and lobbying.
    Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Users said on social media that although videos were not playing or showing as nonexistent, video clips of advertisements were still active on the platform.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An Illinois State University faculty member was arrested after he was accused of flipping a Turning Point USA student group's table and tearing down promotional flyers on campus last week.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a dozen organizations are handing out flyers encouraging protesters to get involved, including Indiana AID, which provides support to immigrants and their families whom have been impacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Tony Cook, IndyStar, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Handbills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbills. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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