product placement
noun
: the inclusion of a product in a television program or film as a form of paid advertisement
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The third season led to an increase in tourism in Thailand and signaled a rise in (prestige) product placement.
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Jair Hilburn, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Though the movie is accessible to new fans, there are plenty of winks and nods for diehards who can understand what might seem, to the uninitiated, like cheesy moments—a cringeworthy English rap verse, a scene parodying the product placement in K-dramas—as self-aware jokes.
—Yvonne Kim, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Maybe Rosaline will resurface in Season 3, but until then, her character is little more than a convenient pitstop in Season 2, Part 2 — more product placement than plot development.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
And Variety reporter Ethan Shanfeld details how AI tools are accelerating product placement in TV and film.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025
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Jair Hilburn, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Though the movie is accessible to new fans, there are plenty of winks and nods for diehards who can understand what might seem, to the uninitiated, like cheesy moments—a cringeworthy English rap verse, a scene parodying the product placement in K-dramas—as self-aware jokes.
—Yvonne Kim, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Maybe Rosaline will resurface in Season 3, but until then, her character is little more than a convenient pitstop in Season 2, Part 2 — more product placement than plot development.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
And Variety reporter Ethan Shanfeld details how AI tools are accelerating product placement in TV and film.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for product placement
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“Product placement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/product%20placement. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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