signboards

noun

plural of signboard
as in signs

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  1. signs
  2. billboards
  3. placards
  4. posters
Noun
  • The Habitable Worlds Observatory would be the first designed to photograph Earth-like planets — and even search for chemical signs of life within the atmospheres of those planets.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • There are signs that Democratic voters, especially, are looking for change, and some young voters argue older politicians can’t truly understand a world transformed by artificial intelligence, rising housing costs and student debt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of signs
Noun
  • Screens have invaded our taxis, our billboards, our children’s toys, our very refrigerators.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Building affordable housing at scale means politicians need to break up with wealthy special interests like the construction accident lawyers who plaster the city and MTA buses with billboards and ads.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of billboards
Noun
  • Meter-exempt placards allow people to park in handicap spaces in parking lots, and also exempt their holders from parking meter fees and time limitations, unless parking is limited to 30 minutes or less.
    — 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 placards
Noun
  • Dolly Parton’s image appeared on cake mix boxes, film posters, magazine covers, and paintings.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • College move-in used to mean twin XL sheets, a shower caddy, and maybe a few posters taped to a cinder-block wall.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of posters
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