handbill

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Recent Examples of handbill An ordinance prohibiting the distribution of handbills or solicitation on private property before sunrise or after sunset — or 7 p.m., whichever is later. Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 That means a Kamala Harris T-Shirt or a Donald Trump MAGA cap is allowed when someone is voting in a polling place, but distributing handbills for a candidate isn’t. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024 Unapproved pamphlets, fliers, handbills, etc. Weapons of any kind. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2024 Horizon’s inhabitants seem to have been lured from the East by handbills touting Edenic splendors. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for handbill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbill
Noun
  • The delegates saw Jefferson’s pamphlet as too critical not to publish.
    Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In 1746, authorities investigated Grierson for disseminating Jacobite pamphlets.
    Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The good news: Southwest still has one of the best perks in travel for frequent flyers with its Annual Companion pass that allows a second person to fly free and just pay the taxes.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • While that was a lighthearted viral moment in the travel world, this year, flyers are amping things up with a much riskier practice: airport theory.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Outside of the Orland Park Civic Center, a polling place on Tuesday, McLaughlin was handing out leaflets supporting Dodge and the Orland Park for All group as well as for his daughter, Bridget Lindbloom, running for a library board seat.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Among other grievances, the document reported bans at UCSF and UC Davis against handing out leaflets within 50 feet of a university doorway.
    Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Key Elements Of A Robust Collateral Suite An on-brand collateral suite is much more than simply your website or brochures.
    Victoria Zelefsky, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Part of Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite, InDesign is an industry-standard page layout and print design application for creating everything from brochures and posters to magazines and newspapers to interactive ebooks.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The booklet circulated within community networks and the government printed it in over a dozen languages.
    Made by History, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The 40-page booklet contained in the release was designed by Stevens, and includes collages of family photos spanning four generations, artwork, drawings, and landscape photos Stevens took while traveling across the western U.S. over a decade ago.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This story was updated to include the video advertisement.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Image By the 1980s, his work seemed to be everywhere — in every major magazine, on political and theater posters, in advertisements for corporations and institutions like IBM and the MacArthur Foundation, on book and album covers.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Other ways to save on eggs include using store circulars, or buying them with a cash-back credit card.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The Leader’s circulars feature items at these stores: Best Buy, Cash Wise Foods, EconoFoods, Factory Direct Furniture, Menards, Shopko, Slumberland Furniture, Target and Walmart Also, check out Sports, Looking Back, The Week Ahead, Picture from the Past, puzzles and more.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025

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