placarded

past tense of placard

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for placarded
Verb
  • They were filled with protesters — including outraged members of a teachers’ union and relatives of kidnapping victims — as well as fans skeptical of a team that, four years earlier, posted its worst World Cup performance since 1978.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • In response to the dispute, Local 150 has posted an inflatable Scabby the Rat in front of City Hall for months now.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • The heat has become so unbearable in Japan that weather officials in April announced a new term for days when maximum temperatures exceed 104 degrees — kokushobi, meaning harsh or cruel heat, according to the Japan Times.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Harry last saw his father in February 2024, shortly after it was announced that the monarch was undergoing treatment for cancer, though the palace never specified the type.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Amid news of the investigation, TMZ published footage from a 2023 incident involving the former couple, in which Paul was seen yelling and throwing chairs at Mortensen while a child was nearby.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • As the book published, the two wanted to know the fates of some of the US pilots lost in combat in Thailand, including McKinney.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The military declared McKinney dead in March 1946, though no crash site had been identified, let alone any remains of the man from Providence, Rhode Island.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Major League Eating proclaimed him 2024 Rookie of the Year in the competitive eating world.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
  • Transplants from the British Isles In 1776, as the nation’s founding generation proclaimed democratic ideals, music in the emerging United States consisted largely of British ballads, fiddle tunes, sea chanteys and hymns.
    Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Police investigators identified the location after police received information about fireworks being advertised on social media.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • Members of white government clubs hassled their white neighbors into political lockstep and advertised physical and financial retribution for any Black person who dared to vote.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Well versed in what the lunar surface truly offers, Britt scolded a number of arty accounts of lunar territory promulgated by both NASA and commercial space ventures.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 22 June 2026
  • The competing narratives — that rich people are hoarding homes or conversely that the tax measure is government overreach — are being promulgated by campaigns with war chests that have grown substantially in recent days.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
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“Placarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placarded. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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