placards 1 of 2

noun

plural of placard
as in posters
a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place a placard announcing a campaign rally at the downtown plaza

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placards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of placard
1
as in posts
to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board

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2
as in announces
to make known openly or publicly placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood

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Recent Examples of placards
Noun
Some protesters march in Spider-Man masks and Batman costumes, carrying tongue-in-cheek placards. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 Dolce Caffe and Beach Hut Deli were reinspected and passed with green placards. — Ruyuan Li. Summary Produced By Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Opposition lawmakers held placards and shouted slogans seeking Pradhan’s resignation outside the Parliament building and then disrupted proceedings inside, forcing the chambers to be repeatedly suspended. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026 Protesters have carried inflatable flamingos and placards with drawings. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 Those protests stretched into their fifth consecutive day on Monday, with demonstrators holding placards and waving flags as part of a push for Zelenskyy to reinstate Fedorov and dismiss Syrskyi. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 July 2026 At Ole Miss, the school rolled out its Heisman campaign featuring Chambliss and Kewan Lacey on mock-ups of political placards around town. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 Aside from some placards with slogans for her party, there was no indication of who the new occupant was. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Visitors can also get the gist from the informative placards on key pieces. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placards
  1. posters
  2. posts
  3. announces
  4. billboards
  5. publishes
  6. signs
  7. proclaims
  8. declares
Noun
  • Dozens of posters and historical photos featuring Vaudeville performers set the scene.
    — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
  • One of the most popular supplies in this category is pocket charts, followed by reward boards, facial expression posters, and reminder bracelets.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of posters
Verb
  • And Ziyu Gao, the club’s vp, posts TikToks about the process of getting into USC; a 2025 clip, which shows her real-time reactions to her college admissions decisions, has amassed nearly half a million views.
    — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • An agent working on adjacent problems notices a promising lead and posts a smaller bounty for replicating the finding.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of posts
Verb
  • Unlike liquid liner that announces exactly where the line begins and ends, kohl and kajal create dimension that feels more diffused.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
  • An Emily Henry novel announces warmth, wit, emotional accessibility, and optimism through bright palettes, graphic illustration, and playful typography.
    — Madelyn Johnson, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of announces
Noun
  • If the drive into the city from the San Francisco Airport feels like a trip into the future (AI billboards dot the city, and the Waymos abound), the Huntington Hotel feels like a trip into the past.
    — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 July 2026
  • In recent years, Kennedy had also used his billboards to demand the return of former USC running back Reggie Bush’s Heisman Trophy.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of billboards
Verb
  • If a startup based in Tallinn publishes a blog post, only its employees and a handful of loyal customers will likely see it.
    — Alexander Storozhuk, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The company publishes its aircraft EPDs online, allowing customers and other stakeholders to examine emissions generated at different stages of production and operation.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of publishes
Noun
  • Most dramatically, five of the bodies were hung on a highway bridge, their half-nude corpses displaying signs of torture — a macabre display that recalled the worst days of the Mexican drug wars.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • Institutions and governments must invest long before crises unfold and continue funding past initial signs of success to ensure complete and lasting transformation.
    — Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of signs
Verb
  • But no longer, according to a new analysis, which proclaims that the long American sellers’ market has finally ended.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
Definition of proclaims
Verb
  • Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS DINING HABITS — Actor declares one popular fry 'aren't fries,' igniting fierce online debate.
    — , FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • The site declares that beans reign supreme in blue zones and stand at the heart of longevity eating everywhere, pointing to black beans in Nicoya, lentils and garbanzo and white beans across the Mediterranean, and soybeans in Okinawa.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of declares

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