Thesaurus results for SIGNBOARD

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

Supporters have also commissioned mobile billboards to circle the courthouse in a jury nullification awareness campaign.

— Adam Reiss, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
The film caught headlines last week following its viral marketing campaign where Netflix had a man living in a billboard on Sunset Boulevard.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of billboard

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To support the new law and for better customer service, the Secretary of State's office is expanding disability placard services to 14 more DMV facilities in Illinois.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Some protesters march in Spider-Man masks and Batman costumes, carrying tongue-in-cheek placards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of placard

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The special, high-speed service, called Truth API, includes posts from other top posters on the site, but no one comes near the president in popularity.

— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
The photo, taken from afar at 1587 Prime restaurant inside the Loews hotel downtown, was reportedly taken offline by its original poster but not before it got passed around on social media where people argued about it.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026

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