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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
The campaign table also carried QR placards, directing supporters to donate. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026 There were also a large number of hosts leading the groups, who held up placards featuring the team sponsors or partners the guests were attending with, like the events in Miami and Las Vegas. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 There are silhouettes of demonstrators holding placards, and the placards are perfectly blank. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Honorary signs are blue and typically hang above or below the official street placards. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Meter-exempt placards allow people to park in handicap spaces in parking lots, and also exempt their holders from parking meter fees and time limitations, unless parking is limited to 30 minutes or less. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 In court documents filed Monday, Jackley and Rhoden criticized Theeler’s ruling and Mayday’s advertising, which formerly included placards at gas station pumps in the state. — Meghan O’Brien, States Newsroom, 4 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placards
  1. posters
  2. posts
  3. announces
  4. billboards
  5. publishes
  6. signs
  7. proclaims
  8. declares
Noun
  • These materials are everywhere, holding together packages, keeping labels on bottles, securing medical dressings, and positioning posters on many a bedroom wall.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In a slew of comments on social media, posters questioned how the ad could have cleared the company’s advertising vetting process.
    — Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of posters
Verb
  • Fitzpatrick also posts online regularly about meeting with groups across the district.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • On a map on the agency’s website where the agency posts updates of wall construction across the entire southern border, a photo showed a crane lifting one of the 30-foot-tall steel wall panels into place while construction workers looked on.
    — Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of posts
Verb
  • Technical debt at least announces itself through slow releases and frustrated engineers.
    — Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The inflation print comes before the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee announces its latest policy update on Thursday.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of announces
Noun
  • Hal spent much of the past decade in jail (which is to say, human jail) while John, rejecting the Green Lantern ring, sent it to former gym teacher Guy Gardenerer — seen in last year’s Superman film, and now on billboards for cheap energy drinks.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Goff — who is well known in the state for highway billboards and TV ads often featuring celebrities — is seeking $350,000 through a prejudgment remedy.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of billboards
Verb
  • The audience becomes a training environment, available to provide instant feedback to anything a creator publishes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The consultant who publishes a sharp weekly perspective and responds to pushback in the comments has built a fundamentally different relationship with their market than the one who delivers two polished keynotes a year at industry conferences.
    — Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of publishes
Noun
  • In years past, department statistics showed at least a third of all police shootings involved someone with obvious signs of emotional distress.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Presuming Ausar signs, Miami will have 21 players under contract, the most a team can carry during training camp.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of signs
Verb
  • In turn, prosecutors are repeating their arguments that the defendant is a threat to more than paper goods and profits, as his attorney proclaims.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The bipartisan measure honors Jackie and proclaims that Friday September 4, 2026 is California Wildlife Day to honor her memory and celebrate the Golden State’s biodiversity.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of proclaims
Verb
  • Jacquis declares that his talent is hubris and arm-wrestles Ify.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Continue reading … — Vance declares Democrats ‘party of hatred,’ says party has moved beyond big government.
    — , FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of declares

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“Placards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placards. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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