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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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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
People walk past a billboard announcing the upcoming State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, election with the Moscow State University building in the background in Moscow on September 14, 2026.

— Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of billboard

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That’s a sign of how much the movie’s visual effects emanate directly from the imagination of the filmmaker.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
The Full Moon in your sign puts your identity, desires, and personal direction under a bright light, making old compromises harder to maintain automatically.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of sign

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The campaign table also carried QR placards, directing supporters to donate.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a Sacramento Arby’s for health food violations including sewage overflow.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of placard

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But despite his character’s entrance receiving applause during screen tests for the 1996 movie, Winkler revealed the studio refused to put his name on the poster.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
The group regularly puts up posters in neighborhoods and posts them online, offering rewards for anonymous tips to help make arrests in violent crimes.

— Jermont Terry, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of poster

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