Billboard
noun
A large outdoor board for displaying advertisements.
They put up a billboard on the highway to advertise their new product.
Often appears as...
- put up a billboard
- billboard advertising
noun
A chart listing the most popular music, movies or other items.
Her new song reached the top of the Billboard charts.
Often appears as...
- billboard charts
- top of the billboard
noun
A large outdoor board for displaying advertisements.
They put up a billboard on the highway to advertise their new product.
Often appears as...
- put up a billboard
- billboard advertising
noun
A chart listing the most popular music, movies or other items.
Her new song reached the top of the Billboard charts.
Often appears as...
- billboard charts
- top of the billboard
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Impact
Billboards are designed to be bold and eye-catching for anyone passing by.
The bright colors on that billboard grabbed my attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Spaces
Billboards are found in public places with high visibility, like highways or city centers.
I saw several billboards while driving downtown.
Pro Tip 3/3Advertising Medium
Companies use billboards to promote products, services, or events to a broad audience.
Their latest perfume was marketed through a series of chic billboards.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Impact
Billboards are designed to be bold and eye-catching for anyone passing by.
The bright colors on that billboard grabbed my attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Spaces
Billboards are found in public places with high visibility, like highways or city centers.
I saw several billboards while driving downtown.
Pro Tip 3/3Advertising Medium
Companies use billboards to promote products, services, or events to a broad audience.
Their latest perfume was marketed through a series of chic billboards.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Impact
Billboards are designed to be bold and eye-catching for anyone passing by.
The bright colors on that billboard grabbed my attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Spaces
Billboards are found in public places with high visibility, like highways or city centers.
I saw several billboards while driving downtown.
Pro Tip 3/3Advertising Medium
Companies use billboards to promote products, services, or events to a broad audience.
Their latest perfume was marketed through a series of chic billboards.
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David Carson: Design,...
and either they hadn't paid their rent, or they didn't want to pay their rent again on the sign, and the billboard people were too cheap to tear the whole sign down, so they just teared out sections of it. And I would argue that it's possibly more effective than the original billboard in terms of getting your attention, getting you to look over that way.
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5 steps to remove...
It's humiliating. It leaves this knot of resentment in the pit of your stomach. And as you're traveling down this amazing high road, you see billboards of things you shoulda said and things you shoulda did. You go over there and you look at the easy road, and they're chillin', not worried about a thing.
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3 thoughtful ways to...
But the city didn't yell at people. It didn't plead with them not to use water. They used electronic billboards to flash available levels of water to all citizens across the city. They were honestly telling people how much water they really have, and letting them take responsibility for themselves.
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The deadly genius of...
and billboards that explain that the people who were killed were killed because they represented a threat not to us, as an organization, of course, but to you, as citizens. And so we're actually here to protect you. They, as social enterprises do, have created a moral and ethical code
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Is graffiti art? Or...
graffiti artists likewise challenged established boundaries of public property. They reclaimed subway cars, billboards, and even once went so far as to paint an elephant in the city zoo. Political movements, too, have used wall writing to visually spread their messages.
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Billy Collins: Everyday...
So you could tune into poetry as you were flying. And my sense is, it's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life. Start a meeting with a poem. That would be an idea you might take with you. When you get a poem on a billboard or on the radio
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How yarn bombing grew...
And I realized something. We all live in this fast-paced, digital world, but we still crave and desire something that's relatable. I think we've all become desensitized by our overdeveloped cities that we live in, and billboards and advertisements,
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How the Afghan youth are...
contests in hopes of becoming a model and taking over billboards all across the city brave young women sweat off the stress of everyday life by practicing with the national team of boxing while their
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Rescuing The Bilbies PIPE...
billboards settled into their accommodation but bilby's are nocturnal so they're just waking up hey you drill some water
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Playpumps International...
to help pay for upkeep the sides of the storage tank double as billboards
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David Carson: Design,...
and either they hadn't paid their rent, or they didn't want to pay their rent again on the sign, and the billboard people were too cheap to tear the whole sign down, so they just teared out sections of it. And I would argue that it's possibly more effective than the original billboard in terms of getting your attention, getting you to look over that way.
Video examples
5 steps to remove...
It's humiliating. It leaves this knot of resentment in the pit of your stomach. And as you're traveling down this amazing high road, you see billboards of things you shoulda said and things you shoulda did. You go over there and you look at the easy road, and they're chillin', not worried about a thing.
Video examples
3 thoughtful ways to...
But the city didn't yell at people. It didn't plead with them not to use water. They used electronic billboards to flash available levels of water to all citizens across the city. They were honestly telling people how much water they really have, and letting them take responsibility for themselves.
Video examples
The deadly genius of...
and billboards that explain that the people who were killed were killed because they represented a threat not to us, as an organization, of course, but to you, as citizens. And so we're actually here to protect you. They, as social enterprises do, have created a moral and ethical code
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
graffiti artists likewise challenged established boundaries of public property. They reclaimed subway cars, billboards, and even once went so far as to paint an elephant in the city zoo. Political movements, too, have used wall writing to visually spread their messages.
Video examples
Billy Collins: Everyday...
So you could tune into poetry as you were flying. And my sense is, it's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life. Start a meeting with a poem. That would be an idea you might take with you. When you get a poem on a billboard or on the radio
Video examples
How yarn bombing grew...
And I realized something. We all live in this fast-paced, digital world, but we still crave and desire something that's relatable. I think we've all become desensitized by our overdeveloped cities that we live in, and billboards and advertisements,
Video examples
How the Afghan youth are...
contests in hopes of becoming a model and taking over billboards all across the city brave young women sweat off the stress of everyday life by practicing with the national team of boxing while their
Video examples
Rescuing The Bilbies PIPE...
billboards settled into their accommodation but bilby's are nocturnal so they're just waking up hey you drill some water
Video examples
Playpumps International...
to help pay for upkeep the sides of the storage tank double as billboards
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Leigh-Anne Pinnock
English Singer
I never let anyone tell me anything growing up and I knew I wanted to be a singer. I would say to every single person that entered my life, 'I'm going to be a singer, I'm going to be on billboards and I'm going to smash it!' You have to put it into the universe, you've got to be positive and not let anything hold you back.
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Kanika Dhillon
Indian Author
We are living in a world where image is important and we feel the need to confirm to a standard of what beauty is and how beauty should look like. We look at the billboard, and feel something is lacking in us.
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Natalia Reyes
Colombian Actress
And just seeing yourself on buses and billboards in even the smallest town of any country in the world, it's overwhelming sometimes and it's amazing and it's unbelievable.
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Joe Dempsie
English Actor
It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.
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Sean Baker
American Director
When I see a billboard that literally just has five names, and they're all A-listers, I'm just like, What is that bringing to the world that's new?
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Kendall Jenner
American Celebrity
My whole life, even as a kid, I would say, 'I want to be on a billboard!' To be on a fashion billboard, for a brand, is a life dream.
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Ogden Nash
American Poet
I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.
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Jenny McCarthy
American Model
I figured out something spiritual. Billboard this: 'Life is supposed to be fun!
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Michael Sorrentino
American Celebrity
Everybody when they're little wants to be on billboards or on TV.
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Kimberly Caldwell
American Musician
It's totally weird to see myself on a billboard!
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Leigh-Anne Pinnock
English Singer
I never let anyone tell me anything growing up and I knew I wanted to be a singer. I would say to every single person that entered my life, 'I'm going to be a singer, I'm going to be on billboards and I'm going to smash it!' You have to put it into the universe, you've got to be positive and not let anything hold you back.
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Kanika Dhillon
Indian Author
We are living in a world where image is important and we feel the need to confirm to a standard of what beauty is and how beauty should look like. We look at the billboard, and feel something is lacking in us.
Quote examples
Natalia Reyes
Colombian Actress
And just seeing yourself on buses and billboards in even the smallest town of any country in the world, it's overwhelming sometimes and it's amazing and it's unbelievable.
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Joe Dempsie
English Actor
It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.
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Sean Baker
American Director
When I see a billboard that literally just has five names, and they're all A-listers, I'm just like, What is that bringing to the world that's new?
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Kendall Jenner
American Celebrity
My whole life, even as a kid, I would say, 'I want to be on a billboard!' To be on a fashion billboard, for a brand, is a life dream.
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Ogden Nash
American Poet
I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.
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Jenny McCarthy
American Model
I figured out something spiritual. Billboard this: 'Life is supposed to be fun!
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Michael Sorrentino
American Celebrity
Everybody when they're little wants to be on billboards or on TV.
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Kimberly Caldwell
American Musician
It's totally weird to see myself on a billboard!
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