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a large sign for advertisements that is next to a road, on the side of a building, etc.
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Recent Examples of billboards
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
In the backdrop, the myriad flashing billboards changed from digital American flags to advertisements for Netflix, American Eagle and the latest Broadway shows, among others.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
But his boyish face might never be plastered across TV adverts or the billboards of Times Square in the way his sporting peers are.
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Chris Marshall-Bell,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Some carried banners and flags, while billboards across the city bore Khamenei’s image.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
The Hall of Famer became a spokesperson for the company, with several billboards of his epic transformation shared across the Chicago area in 2019.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
While Roku City has long had ads on billboards in Roku City, and has occasionally added custom buildings or vehicles, the stadium adds an interactive element that is new to the screensaver.
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Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
From buses and billboards to talk shows and TikTok, the movie will reach full saturation.
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Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Many have prizes, billboards and screens playing panoramic videos on loop.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 June 2026
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Others carried banners, while billboards across the city bore Khamenei’s image.
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Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
In the backdrop, the myriad flashing billboards changed from digital American flags to advertisements for Netflix, American Eagle and the latest Broadway shows, among others.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
But his boyish face might never be plastered across TV adverts or the billboards of Times Square in the way his sporting peers are.
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Chris Marshall-Bell,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Some carried banners and flags, while billboards across the city bore Khamenei’s image.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
The Hall of Famer became a spokesperson for the company, with several billboards of his epic transformation shared across the Chicago area in 2019.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
While Roku City has long had ads on billboards in Roku City, and has occasionally added custom buildings or vehicles, the stadium adds an interactive element that is new to the screensaver.
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Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
From buses and billboards to talk shows and TikTok, the movie will reach full saturation.
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Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Many have prizes, billboards and screens playing panoramic videos on loop.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboards
Noun
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Several speakers at Wednesday's board meeting took issue with advertisements for the Museum of Sex appearing on city buses, arguing children shouldn't be exposed to them on their daily commute.
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The attention-grabbing bottles could be anywhere from 12 inches (for a countertop) to over 24 inches (for a display window) tall and acted as de facto advertisements enticing customers to smell the scents their smaller bottles contained.
Verb
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In fact, the only thing that rings true is how the Three Lions end up exiting the tournament.
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But don’t tell that to winger Timothy Weah, who could be in line for his first start of the tournament as Pochettino rings the changes to keep his players fresh for the round of 32.
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Political operatives in both parties expect the ruling to accelerate the flow of money into campaigns and intensify the barrage of television and digital ads that already dominate election season.
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In the past year, marketing for Freedom 250, the group organizing events for the semiquincentennial, has covered the city, becoming nearly as ubiquitous as the ads for the defense-technology company Anduril.
Verb
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As the car carrying him departed the police station, a photographer captured another indelible image, of the former Prince slumped in the back seat, wide-eyed and slack-jawed—the boy for whom the chimes once pealed looking very much like a man for whom the bell now tolls.
Noun
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When Fluffy failed to come out of hiding after 24 hours, Melissa Kirby and her husband began making and posting missing cat posters around their neighborhood.
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Two families of some of those on the deportation flight, who have used social media to find one another and share missing posters, told Reuters 12 people escaped the rubble on their own.
Verb
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Israel advertises its freedom to strike.
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No other commodity on earth advertises its price so prominently and constantly than gasoline.
Noun
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Some carried placards and others banged plates, their noise cutting through the crowd protesting and demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave four Sacramento-area facilities red placards for health food violations including finding 38 German cockroaches and a lack of hot water.
Verb
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Mac barks at Andi as the two of them drive home.
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Much like a dog that barks at every little noise and passerby, my skin is reactive.
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“Billboards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboards. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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