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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 billboard
Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Vaughan also has spent $2,669 for billboards, his name and face looming over Route 9.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Staff Author, People.com, 27 June 2025
The artist billboards that pop up in the lead up to Coachella often establish a sense of optimism for the performances in store for the weekend.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Although a regular player of the Georgia Lottery, the winner said that seeing the big jackpot on a Georgia Lottery billboard reminded them to buy the lucky ticket.
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White grew up in Brooklyn, and watched a rotating stream of Calvin Klein models grace that billboard his whole life.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for billboard
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Since their inception, social media companies have implemented protective measures for users such as filtering bullying comments and enabling minors to opt out of seeing personalized ads.—
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The ads targeted conservative and swing voters, and touted the measure as a way to reduce crime and homelessness.—
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Messages tacked to bulletin boards and written on dressing room blackboards conveyed the spirit of the team.—
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Viewers are asked to respond to prompts based on works on view in the show by scribbling notes or making sketches on brightly colored pieces of paper, and pinning them to bulletin boards.—
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The Hannity segment then turned to the online backlash surrounding actor Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans advertisement.—
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In a separate ruling, in October 2025, the French equalities regulator said Meta’s Facebook algorithm breached France’s anti-discrimination law by displaying different job advertisements to men and women.—
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The Golden Globes bill themselves as Hollywood’s booziest bash.—
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That person urged her to bill the company for all the costs associated with the website.—
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Google Cloud is advertising its own event aimed at helping Chinese firms expand globally, with a rare building-sized poster on the facade of a hotel overlooking downtown Beijing’s main thoroughfare.—
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The poster added that a friend got a UTI at another location.—
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And the Wave For 2 is currently advertised for a sale price of US$139,950 from Sunshine State RVs, a dealership that's on hand at the Florida RV Supershow debut.—
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Google Cloud is advertising its own event aimed at helping Chinese firms expand globally, with a rare building-sized poster on the facade of a hotel overlooking downtown Beijing’s main thoroughfare.—
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Neither Hubbard’s nor Johnson’s name placards were displayed yet, though Johnson said she’d been assured they’ve been ordered.—
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Ornate waves of graffiti remain, amended with fast four-letter scrawls of resistance, and placards pledging neighborhood unity are just now starting to peel away from windows.—
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About 30 percent of the galaxies emit radio waves, a sign that their central black holes are active.—
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The rich-looking denim alternative was a big trend in 2025, with co-signs from Hailey Bieber and Martha Stewart.—
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“Billboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billboard. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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