as in hype
information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause
an endless flow of publicity for our charity event resulted in a great turnout
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Recent Examples of publicity
Eager to maintain their status as the primary branch of government, congressmen didn’t want to pay for the executive to go on a publicity tour.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
16 June 2026
On Monday, the latest round of threats, meetings and lawyerly-lawyer speak was tossed about between Tech and the Big 12 Conference, and an increasing number of state attorney generals who are looking for some of that sweet Ken Paxton publicity pie.
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Mac Engel
june 15,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
Yolo County prosecutors requested the pretrial publicity protective order on May 8, and the matter was discussed during a June 1 hearing.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Making back roughly half of its production and publicity budget is a great start for the film.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
16 June 2026
On Monday, the latest round of threats, meetings and lawyerly-lawyer speak was tossed about between Tech and the Big 12 Conference, and an increasing number of state attorney generals who are looking for some of that sweet Ken Paxton publicity pie.
—
Mac Engel
june 15,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
Yolo County prosecutors requested the pretrial publicity protective order on May 8, and the matter was discussed during a June 1 hearing.
—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Making back roughly half of its production and publicity budget is a great start for the film.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for publicity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicity
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Usage spikes can happen suddenly, experimentation expands rapidly across teams and model selection decisions may be driven more by hype than operational efficiency.
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But contrary to the TikTok hype, hypochlorous acid is not a cure-all.
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The emails span from the administration's early days — when HHS sought to shut down a flu vaccine advertising campaign — to the dramatic firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez last August.
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The breaks, introduced to help players cope with high temperatures across North America, have opened up additional advertising windows for broadcasters.
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Before the tournament began, Haaland, 25, appeared in a Nike advertisement with Tatum, 46.
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Among the company's more notable efforts was a five-second Super Bowl advertisement that was timed to coincide with app notifications sent to millions of users, linking a major media moment directly to customer action.
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“Publicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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