infomercial

noun

in·fo·mer·cial ˈin-(ˌ)fō-ˌmər-shəl

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: a television program that is an extended advertisement often including a discussion or demonstration

Examples of infomercial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The pitchman Anthony Sullivan, from OxiClean’s infomercials, also happened to be at the game. —

Adam Elder, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024 The top entry, a site called All Business Network, was accused of being a stealth infomercial. —

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024 This promises to be a great infomercial for the Big Ten for 2024, but in this case the Wolverines learn the lessons from last year's loss to the Horned Frogs. —

Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024 Indeed, Fox Nation on Wednesday unveiled a new series led by Miller that looks at infomercials. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024 The actress was also known for her 1990s infomercials for the ThighMaster exercise equipment, which was meant to be placed between one’s knees and squeezed to tone the thighs. —

Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2023 By that point, Somers was an extremely wealthy woman, with a personal multi-million-dollar business empire (overseen with her husband, former game show host Alan Hamel) built on her ubiquitous TV infomercials for the ThighMaster. —

Chris Morris, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023 Doubling as a fitness personality in the ’90s, Somers starred in the infomercial for at-home workout device the ThighMaster. —

Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023 As with every one of these streaming infomercials, rumors and leaks have already spilled the beans on what’s likely to be announced. —

Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2023

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