BULLETINS Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

bulletins 1 of 2

noun

plural of bulletin

as in periodicals

a publication that appears at regular intervals picks up a church bulletin every Sunday after Mass

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Relevance

as in announcements

a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest I signed up to receive the free financial bulletin daily in my in-box

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bulletins

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bulletin

as in gazettes

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Recent Examples of bulletins

Noun

Earlier this year, France Télévisions struck a deal to bring about 20,000 hours of content a year to YouTube, including national and local news bulletins plus its flagship current-affairs and investigative magazines. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Also on Wednesday, the BBC Sport unit told employees about plans to make redundancies and cut sports bulletins on its news channel. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 Prospective intelligence automates the monitoring of payer bulletins, regulatory guidance and coding updates to identify what is supposed to change. — Terry Goertz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Sky will also have to commission a proportion of programmes made outside London, and honour the contract for ITN’s news bulletins for ITV until 2031. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 July 2026 The first bulletins reported police and emergency vehicles swarming around a nightclub in Orlando in the predawn hours of June 12, 2016. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026 Programming and Content The programming of teleSUR is mainly composed of news programs and includes news bulletins almost every hour. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 Automotive website The Drive reported both Nissan and Toyota have recently issued service bulletins to dealers with instructions on rationing motor oil stocks due to an impending shortage. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 26 May 2026 Scammers know how to search your name combined with your city, your employer, your relatives' names, or specific document types, pulling up PDFs of HOA filings, church bulletins, nonprofit board minutes and medical conference attendee lists that most people have completely forgotten exist. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulletins

Noun

Gates, who now stewards the photographic archives and periodicals of the Johnson Publishing Company, has exhibited it in different forms.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
When word spread that the Chief Librarian of the Army was paying a visit, soldiers rushed to request their favorite periodicals and book genres.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of periodicals

Noun

Given this, future Nobel Prize October announcements may provide the bellwether for America’s stature or decline in the scientific world.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Despite the multiple press conferences and announcements, his administration placed fewer students in early childhood programs this year than his predecessor.

— Ciara Jackson, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of announcements

Noun

Partly inspired by her time working as a museum security guard, they are often accompanied by water bottles, cushions, books, or other belongings that give a sense of the presence of the person who sits there.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Sam Wasson, one of Hollywood’s preeminent historians and biographers, has published searching books on the lives and works of Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Blake Edwards and Roman Polanski.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of books

Noun

Cardenas in Bakersfield, for example, said he has been inundated with Valadao campaign advertisements but knows little about Villegas.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Watch for unusual phone behavior An infected phone may show signs such as unexplained mobile data usage, excessive background activity, unexpected advertisements or apps appearing without your permission.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertisements

Noun

In Iran, the largest newspapers avoided mentioning the elections on their front pages this morning — a deliberate move to signal disinterest in the consequential vote.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
The diagnosis exploded in popularity and was widely blamed on railroads, radios, telegraphs, newspapers, and the industrialization of the times.

— Kirsten Balin, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of newspapers

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