bulletin board
noun
1
: a board for posting notices (as at a school)
2
: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board
… a personal computer, a modem, and a telephone line are all you need to run your own bulletin board …—
John Seabrook
John SeabrookComputer bulletin board services offer up the glories of e-mail, the thought provocation of news-groups, the sharing of ideas implicit in public posting, and the interaction of real-time chats. The fabulous, wonderful, limitless world of communication is just waiting for you to log on.—M. Kadi
M. KadiExamples of bulletin board in a Sentence
Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.
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Its once-colorful walls were repainted milky white, and the chalkboard was replaced with a bulletin board, littered with information about health care and nutritional meals for the elderly.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
Noa is back in the big exam hall, which is crowded with students, looking at a list of numbers posted on a bulletin board.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Warren voters also gave a thumbs up to a proposal to the 60-plus-year-old city charter that would allow posting notices on a public portion of the city's website and not on 10 bulletin boards the charter requires be maintained for posting notices.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
Shigeru Ban also designed 15 items of furniture for the cathedral including chairs, desks, music stands, donation boxes, candle holders, and bulletin boards using wood and paper tubes.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 July 2024
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
Noa is back in the big exam hall, which is crowded with students, looking at a list of numbers posted on a bulletin board.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Warren voters also gave a thumbs up to a proposal to the 60-plus-year-old city charter that would allow posting notices on a public portion of the city's website and not on 10 bulletin boards the charter requires be maintained for posting notices.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
Shigeru Ban also designed 15 items of furniture for the cathedral including chairs, desks, music stands, donation boxes, candle holders, and bulletin boards using wood and paper tubes.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 July 2024
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“Bulletin board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulletin%20board. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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