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
The demonstrators can be seen chanting and holding placards in the video above, from the Reuters news agency. — Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 Pupils clustered outside the doors of several schools in Paris and other cities in the morning hours, brandishing placards and megaphones and chanting slogans, and marches were planned later in the day. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 In lieu of captions, these are paired with placards giving slang terms for alcoholic intoxication. — J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 As pupils blockaded high schools, large crowds waving flags and placards gathered in Marseille, Strasbourg and other cities. — Nicolas Garriga, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 As pupils again blockaded high schools, large crowds waving flags and placards gathered in Marseille, Strasbourg and other cities. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 And there are no placards festooned with Motel 6 and Starbucks logos, flattening the American landscape into a homogeneous blur. — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026 And all around it, most of the little placards identifying native plants are broken or missing. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The campaign table also carried QR placards, directing supporters to donate. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placards
  1. posters
  2. posts
  3. announces
  4. billboards
  5. publishes
  6. signs
  7. proclaims
  8. declares
Noun
  • Heading to their classrooms, children in top hats, crisp white shirts and ties dash up and down a staircase decorated with a riot of brightly colored posters.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • This movie is such a love letter to Portland, from the Voodoo Doughnuts Prue and Mac eat to the Decembrists posters in her room.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of posters
Verb
  • On the other side, if OpenAI posts its own collateral, or achieves a high enough credit rating, Nvidia's guarantee ends.
    — Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • One of the collectors hit is a YouTuber with 148,000 subscribers who posts as SKY-B Cards.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of posts
Verb
  • The series begins with a prison bus pulling up to a correctional facility in Georgia, where the commander of jail operations, Major Boughner, announces how the 30 participants, 27 men and 3 women, will be divided.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Part of the problem is that friction rarely announces itself as a five-alarm fire.
    — Rhodes Kriske, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of announces
Noun
  • The dispute includes 60 digital billboards that stadium operators say threaten sponsor exclusivity, with Measure BB asking voters to restrict advertising on public property.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Rulings from a 2019 lawsuit favoring the department to stop the billboards’ construction have also been invoked by the Town of Southampton to halt a gas station and travel plaza on the same piece of land.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of billboards
Verb
  • The public has 60 days to submit comments on the proposal before the USDA publishes a final rule.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Let’s Dish also publishes on Tuesdays from Food Insider Katelyn Umholtz.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of publishes
Noun
  • Every year after Halloween, Spirit Halloween’s stores empty out and the signs come down.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 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 signs
Verb
  • Assane proclaims his innocence, but everything points to his guilt.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Robert proclaims his son a prodigy, and John’s childhood is swept away from him.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of proclaims
Verb
  • This fertile period of creative and intellectual life wasn’t even a renaissance, one partygoer declares.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The treaty also declares that space is a global commons that can be used only for peaceful purposes.
    — Stephanie Liechtenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of declares

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“Placards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placards. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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