as in billboard
a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place
we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert
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Recent Examples of poster
In addition, new acquisitions to the Academy’s core reference collection include more than 600 books, 2,600 magazines and 2,200 posters from 46 countries.
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Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
Harry Styles hasn’t played a show since July 2023, but posters and a new website suggest an album is coming — and if there’s an album, there are almost certainly live dates.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Bids on a 1977 vintage poster featuring a red Apple that hung in Jobs family’s living room top $16,600, the auction site shows.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
On the other side of the country in Los Angeles, a police helicopter’s search light beamed down on protesters on Alameda Street, who were outfitted with upside-down American flags and handmade anti-ICE posters.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
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Earlier this week, Styles teased the announcement with a series of billboards and posters plastered around the world, from New York and Berlin to São Paulo and Palermo.—
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This is the phrase on billboards and signs that have popped up in major cities around the world beginning the week of January 11.—
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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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And so many of the bags on sale received rave ratings from frequent flyers, like Travel + Leisure editors, flight attendants, and pilots.—
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If a Soyuz or Crew Dragon flyer gets sick or is seriously injured aboard the station, that person is joined by all of his or her crewmates for the flight back to Earth.—
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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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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poster. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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