advertising

noun

ad·ver·tis·ing

Definition of advertising

1 : the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements

2 : advertisements a magazine full of advertising

3 : the business of preparing advertisements for publication or broadcast looking for a job in advertising

Examples of advertising in a Sentence

He is looking for a job in advertising.

Recent Examples on the Web

Jeff Blackburn, head of Amazon’s video and advertising businesses, gave a rare interview last October at a Vanity Fair event. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "As Jeff Bezos ponders space travel, Amazon executives move out of the shadows," 9 June 2019 Each Facebook user in Asia generates only $11 of advertising revenue a year, compared with $112 for a North American one. — The Economist, "The second half of humanity is joining the internet," 8 June 2019 Creators that repeatedly violate the new hate speech policies will no longer be able to participate in the Partner program, which supplies channels with advertising revenue. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, "YouTube plans to ban thousands of white supremacist and extremist videos," 5 June 2019 Last week, the DC Association of Chartered Public Schools, an advocacy organization, launched a radio and digital advertising campaign in Spanish and English, calling on the city to release empty facilities to charter schools. — Perry Stein, Washington Post, "Bowser relinquishes an empty school campus for the first time, potentially for a charter school," 4 June 2019 The picture was used, Fotis Dulos wrote, for Foregroup’s 2018 advertising campaign, as was a separate photo of one of his sons in a water-skiing competition. — Josh Kovner, courant.com, "Michelle Troconis, jet-setting businesswoman, lived openly with Fotis Dulos as he defied court orders in divorce with missing wife Jennifer," 3 June 2019 Food and beverage create the largest impact in terms of gross rating points (GRPs), a metric used to measure the impact of advertising campaigns. — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, "Two female actors have pipped Bollywood’s Khans in endorsements," 30 May 2019 More Coverage Walmart, like Target, is investing in its advertising business. — Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, "Target Looks to Acquire WPP’s Retail Ad Firm Triad," 23 May 2019 But [Arthur] was the architect of the advertising model used so effectively to push the drug. — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, "How Sackler Became the Most Toxic Name in Philanthropy," 16 May 2019

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