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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

With mail ballots scheduled to arrive at homes in early October, typical markers of election season — yard signs, TV ads, billboards and bumper stickers — are rarely seen.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
One of the first things to catch my eye was a campaign billboard for a far-right Alternative for Germany candidate.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of billboard

Noun

And all around it, most of the little placards identifying native plants are broken or missing.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a local high school after finding hundreds of rodent droppings including inside the food storage area.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of placard

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The festival poster featured Argentine acting legend Ricardo Darín, a nod to the fest’s connections with Latin American cinema, which had close to 100 titles in the various sections this edition.

— Jennifer Green, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026
The following year, the viral #StarringJohnCho campaign happened where your face was superimposed onto movie posters to highlight the lack of Asian American representation in Hollywood.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

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