signboard

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Recent Examples of signboard 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 Inside were heat lamps, a signboard, and fake plants. Naomi Zeveloff, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 Its 36-floor downtown tower is known for its signature signboard with witty, timely puns. Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2024 In her award-winning 1990 Venice Biennale installation, the first solo exhibition by a female artist at the U.S. Pavilion, racks of high-colored signboards were mirrored in the polished stone floors. Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 16 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for signboard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for signboard
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Santiago said the detentions are a sign that their fight for justice and to protect the surrounding lands was worth it despite the bloody toll.
    Marlon González, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • New evidence in a study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Central Florida found that changes in driving behavior can act as biomarkers indicating a decline in mental clarity that pre-dates major signs of dementia.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Metal placards installed near each piece feature a scannable QR code that reveals more about the artist.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • Super Tortas Chilangas was reinspected on Friday, May 1 and passed with a green placard.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado May 8, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • As if a testament to the film’s genuine and long-lasting singularity, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival is using a photograph of Davis and Sarandon taken on the set of Thelma & Louise as the striking image for this year’s poster.
    Gregg Kilday, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • Both Danila and Andrey said posters around campus and their universities’ websites promoted the drone force recruitment drive.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 12 May 2026

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“Signboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signboard. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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