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signboard

noun

Definition of signboard

as in billboard

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Recent Examples of signboard This is the era of the signboard—the Cobbler’s boot, the Baker’s sheaf of wheat—symbols that hung over muddy European streets to tell the illiterate masses where to spend their coin. — Eben Shapiro, Time, 8 Feb. 2026 Hung in the front rooms are seven paintings on signboard by Kirk Hayes of Fort Worth, a Conduit artist since 1997. — Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 17 Jan. 2026 There is no signboard or registration, no website to market their work. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2025 Special offers communicated on signboards right next to the point of purchase, are more likely to be acted on. — Michelle Greenwald, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for signboard

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Noun

Going to SoFi and seeing the jerseys in the stands, the big billboard ads.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Moreno, the son of Mexican immigrants and a veteran of the Vietnam War, made his fortune in the billboard business.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of billboard

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Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a nursing home after finding German cockroaches in various life stages throughout the facility.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
There are silhouettes of demonstrators holding placards, and the placards are perfectly blank.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of placard

Noun

Fly Now might be the poster for an artform conceived of as a vehicle for transport in and out of the realm of determinate meaning.

— Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
More photos, including those of Fort Worth’s Missing Trio, Cheryl Springfield, June Ward and Elsha Rivera graced the memorial tables and posters by the entrance.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026

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