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Recent Examples of playbill
Since then, the production program has created playbills with the Sacramento Theatre Company, textbooks, menus for restaurants and newsletters with the Braille and Talking Book Library.
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Shane attempted to take the cap off one of the Sharpies with his mouth before using the other pen to sign a playbill.
—Ryan Brennan
march 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Mar. 2026
The moment mirrors the iconic artwork from the original Broadway poster, still displayed outside the Gershwin Theatre, currently home to the Broadway production of Wicked, in New York, as well as the show’s playbill.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
Rainn Wilson, who portrayed the iconic assistant (to the) regional manager on the series, posted a photo alongside his former costar while holding an Ashland Avenue playbill in September.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Shane attempted to take the cap off one of the Sharpies with his mouth before using the other pen to sign a playbill.
—Ryan Brennan
march 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Mar. 2026
The moment mirrors the iconic artwork from the original Broadway poster, still displayed outside the Gershwin Theatre, currently home to the Broadway production of Wicked, in New York, as well as the show’s playbill.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
Rainn Wilson, who portrayed the iconic assistant (to the) regional manager on the series, posted a photo alongside his former costar while holding an Ashland Avenue playbill in September.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playbill
Noun
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Posters, handbills, ephemera—all were charged with code-red urgency.—
Joel Lobenthal,
Air Mail,
7 Mar. 2026
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No unauthorized solicitation and materials including handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, giveaways, samples, etc. Weapons or explosives of any kind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The good news for flyers is there's virtually no risk of catching the virus during a plane trip, but for those who are still concerned, some basic precautions can reduce that small risk even more.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The candidate has become accustomed to comical mailroom interactions with his neighbors, who are routinely delivered fliers emblazoned with his face.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Turner sold his father's billboard business to buy an independent Atlanta TV station in 1970, then expanded it into a nationwide network of channels including TBS, TNT and CNN, the latter of which launched in 1980 with nonstop news coverage.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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After being expelled from Brown University for sneaking a coed into his room, Turner came to Atlanta to work as an account executive for his domineering father’s billboard company, Turner Advertising.—
David Bauder,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Las Vegas and the state of Nevada gave the Athletics hundreds of millions of dollars to build their new stadium on The Strip, a handout that Oakland likely couldn’t match.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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At a lecture at Aarhus University in 2015, Bar-Natan distributed a handout describing his goals.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Playbill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playbill. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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