handbills

Definition of handbillsnext
plural of handbill
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Noun
  • That specific recruitment offer appeared on pamphlets distributed at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, according to Bloomberg.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • Some of these digital pamphlets provide terse, functional updates while others act as the successors to bygone alt-weeklies, covering cultural happenings and carrying out local-interest investigations.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • In the past, particularly bad fliers could spend the entirety of the attraction being berated by the character of Ohnaka.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
  • Following the shootdown, three of the four fliers’ families sued the Cuban government.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • To identify the plant, Kaufmann recommends looking for a notch or lobe that is sometimes found on one side of the oblong leaflets with smooth margins.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • Every time the bombs fell too close or the leaflets rained down warning my family to flee, the only way she could be moved was on a donkey.
    Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Since then, the school’s social work and human services program has used the money to hire an instructional assistant, create brochures, update learning material for students and host community information sessions, professor Brandy Jones-Thomas said.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • All of the documentation—maps, resort brochures, etc—is in English and Chinese, and while the team might not be fluent in the English language, there’s little a bit of Google Translate can’t fix.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The bound paper booklets in which students hand-write their responses to test questions have surged in popularity during the AI explosion.
    Jamil Zaki, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • Guide booklets are available at the park's visitor centers.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Similar circulars have been issued before, in anticipation of major storms and other natural events.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The Tennessean looked at weekly circulars from more than a dozen stores, including Middle Tennessee staples like Aldi, Dollar General, BJ's Wholesale Club.
    Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Sponsors—Colgate-Palmolive among them—demanded advertisements for their products not air on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • The state’s political ethics watchdog is investigating the campaign of gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer and an influencer who boosted him online for potentially violating a state law on political advertisements.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
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“Handbills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbills. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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