billboard
1a flat surface or board, usually outdoors, on which large advertisements or notices are posted.
to place, advertise, proclaim, etc., on or as if on a billboard: The movie was billboarded as the year's biggest hit.
Origin of billboard
1Words Nearby billboard
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How to use billboard in a sentence
They could also arrange for billboards, freeway signs and posters at local restaurants.
One big hiccup in US efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines? Poor internet access. | By Tamra Burns Loeb, Et Al./The Conversation | February 10, 2021 | Popular-SciencePennsylvania officials said the delay left them unable to launch public education campaigns on radio, television or digital media, or billboards and bus signs, or even print basic educational materials.
Vaccines were a chance to redeem failures in the U.S. coronavirus response. What went wrong? | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Frances Stead Sellers, Laurie McGinley, Amy Goldstein, Christopher Rowland, Carolyn Y. Johnson | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostLemon Grove is currently pursuing a handful of other revenue streams — including a tax on marijuana sales and digital billboard signs — although Jones said those efforts would barely be enough to pull Lemon Grove out of the red.
Lemon Grove Once Again Facing Bitter Choices Over Its Future | Bella Ross | January 8, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoFor instance, targeting customers with billboards, transit station advertising, and even radio advertisements may no longer be effective as there is a significant decline in movement and commuters.
Eight ways to align your customer acquisition strategy in 2021 | Lidia Hovhannisyan | January 4, 2021 | Search Engine WatchHe suggested that creates an audience ripe for exposure to out-of-home messages in billboards, grocery stores and more.
Deep Dive: How media buying execs are adapting to the challenges and changes of 2020 and beyond | jim cooper | September 28, 2020 | Digiday
Joe and the record label were behind him all the way: look at the full-page ad in billboard the previous week.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was creative thinking like this that helped it debut at number one on billboard Top Heatseekers Chart.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age | Lauren Schwartzberg | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen just 8-years-old he saw writing on a deli billboard that was in Hebrew.
Out of the Birdcage: How Mike Nichols Made Gay Culture Mainstream | Kevin Fallon | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTbillboard and Entertainment Weekly similarly praised it upon the anniversary.
When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Swift is only in her second week of 1989 and already moved a million units, according to billboard.
Taylor Swift Dumps Spotify, Igniting Turf War Between Spotify and Apple | Dale Eisinger | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome distance ahead stretched a long, smooth, sandy beach, on which was a huge billboard with the words "Perry's Slope."
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark | David CoryA large billboard, blown flat, was the first sign that they were approaching Tippewa.
Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil | Alice B. EmersonThe craft was moored to the supports of the billboard, on one side, and to a heavy wagon on the other.
Motor Matt's Daring Rescue | Stanley R. MatthewsFerral, finding everything quiet in the alley, strolled around by the end of the billboard.
Motor Matt's Daring Rescue | Stanley R. MatthewsWhile Carl was getting up, he saw Brady disappearing around one end of the billboard.
Motor Matt's Daring Rescue | Stanley R. Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for billboard (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɪlˌbɔːd) /
another name for hoarding
Origin of billboard
1British Dictionary definitions for billboard (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɪlˌbɔːd) /
a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor
Origin of billboard
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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