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placards

  • plural
    of placard.
    placard
    noun
    a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
  • present tense form
    of placard (3rd person singular).
    placard
    noun
    a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.

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The council’s signage was then replaced with placards urging residents to fight back against the parking plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

At a vigil last weekend, community members held placards in solidarity and wept.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Small groups of demonstrators, who were waving Kenyan flags, carrying placards and holding a coffin with the word "Ebola" written on the side, were demanding the plan be reversed.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Many held placards reading: "We are Europe" and portraits of jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili, who pushed for close ties with the West while in office.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

His father no longer, as he had once done, led great revival meetings, his name printed large on placards that advertised the coming of a man of God.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin