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handbills

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for handbills.

Editorial note

Get them to list some inventory, as an additional revenue source, and perhaps you can post some handbills there.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of handbills gathered in one view.

noun

A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

noun

A chopping instrument; billhook.

noun

A pruning hook.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for handbills.

noun

A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

noun

A chopping instrument; billhook.

noun

A pruning hook.

Example sentences

1

Get them to list some inventory, as an additional revenue source, and perhaps you can post some handbills there.

2

Printing presses were expensive and complicated machines, and distributing handbills was far slower and riskier than tweeting.

3

The English and the French end up having revolutions, promulgated by samizdat handbills disseminated throughout society.

4

The printing press immediately brought about broadsheets handbills and dozens of other mass publication formats.

5

They do it with LLMs just like they used to with handbills and propaganda publications.

6

And the reach of any given huckster was limited by the strength of their voice and the number of handbills they could pass out.

7

Want a large poster and then also handbills to give out?

8

After the invention of the printing press, people might have thought libel was unstoppable, since anyone could print up and distribute handbills with false accusations.

9

Luther prises the faultlines in religion wide open with handbills.

10

And they just had newspapers and handbills to worry about.

11

Which is why you'll never find handbills placed in them -- it's against the law, and the postal service will fine and/or prosecute companies that violate this.

12

Their mind did not grow in a vacuum -- they read billboards, handbills, novels from the public library, books passed to them in high school English class and so on.

Quote examples

1

I'm seeing handbills around the LA area for a something similar called "ilivingapp" that seems to be a free app that lets you pay $10/mo for the privilege of promoting it.

2

Most mid-price and up neighborhoods do have some types of statues in their bylaws for this and I've often signs are posted at the neighborhood entrance ("No soliciting" or "No handbills").

3

One of the scapegoats much touted in handbills and pamphlets of the "ills of society" that led to Prohibition in the US was that "fathers spend too much time in the pubs drinking alcohol after work rather than at home raising children".

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use handbills in a sentence?

Get them to list some inventory, as an additional revenue source, and perhaps you can post some handbills there.

What does handbills mean?

A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

What part of speech is handbills?

handbills is commonly used as noun.