placards 1 of 2

noun

plural of placard
as in posters
a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place a placard announcing a campaign rally at the downtown plaza

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placards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of placard
1
as in posts
to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board

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2
as in announces
to make known openly or publicly placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood

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Recent Examples of placards
Noun
Meter-exempt placards allow people to park in handicap spaces in parking lots, and also exempt their holders from parking meter fees and time limitations, unless parking is limited to 30 minutes or less. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Some protesters march in Spider-Man masks and Batman costumes, carrying tongue-in-cheek placards. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 Dolce Caffe and Beach Hut Deli were reinspected and passed with green placards. — Ruyuan Li. Summary Produced By Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Opposition lawmakers held placards and shouted slogans seeking Pradhan’s resignation outside the Parliament building and then disrupted proceedings inside, forcing the chambers to be repeatedly suspended. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026 Protesters have carried inflatable flamingos and placards with drawings. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 Those protests stretched into their fifth consecutive day on Monday, with demonstrators holding placards and waving flags as part of a push for Zelenskyy to reinstate Fedorov and dismiss Syrskyi. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 July 2026 At Ole Miss, the school rolled out its Heisman campaign featuring Chambliss and Kewan Lacey on mock-ups of political placards around town. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 Aside from some placards with slogans for her party, there was no indication of who the new occupant was. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placards
  1. posters
  2. posts
  3. announces
  4. billboards
  5. publishes
  6. signs
  7. proclaims
  8. declares
Noun
  • Because Texas’ law only requires districts to hang the Ten Commandments if they are donated, conservative groups and individuals began dropping off boxes of posters at campuses across the state as the school year began last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Inside the homes, sunlight falls on faded posters, worn furniture, and an old radio by a window.
    — Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of posters
Verb
  • The results come as Walmart posts a stretch of solid growth, fueled by gains in segments like pickup and delivery, its third-party marketplace, and advertising.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Yockey posts videos of her adventures with Vava on Instagram, from their coffee shop walks to home piano concerts to cuddles with Yockey's cat, Tito.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of posts
Verb
  • After the match, Mick Foley comes to the ring and announces that Statlander will compete in a four-way match for the TBS Championship next week against champion Maya World, Hikaru Shida and Persephone.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • There’s character aplenty, particularly in a main stand that announces proudly in its brickwork frontage just who are the home team here.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of announces
Noun
  • The billboards are state-sponsored, plastered across Iran’s capital and far from subtle.
    — Max Butterworth, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Norway's soccer star Erling Haaland's face has appeared on billboards, trading cards and television screens, becoming a social media phenomenon for scoring seven goals across four World Cup matches in July.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of billboards
Verb
  • That sequencing is worth keeping in mind when reading whatever the company publishes next.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • ProPublica is a nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom that publishes investigative reporting in the public interest.
    — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of publishes
Noun
  • Preliminary findings have not indicated any signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances, police said, according to WHNS.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For days, Nidhi observed her for signs of secret despair but could detect none.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of signs
Verb
  • Standing before her guards, the increasingly dictatorial ruler proclaims herself as the Chosen One to the people of King's Landing.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
Definition of proclaims
Verb
  • Trump declares his 'number one goal' in negotiations with Iran as ceasefire set to expire.
    — , FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • What, one wonders, is the appropriate response to someone who bursts into the room waving $197 million of other people’s money and declares job one is making sure your flying car has a place to land?
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of declares

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