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Examples of publicize in a Sentence
The company neglected to publicize the side effects of the new drug.
a highly publicized murder trial
Recent Examples of publicize from the Web
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Most of the products from the Kitchen ship to the U.S (except for fresh face masks and other items that need to be refrigerated) from the headquarters in Poole, but the Kitchen itself hasn't really been publicized.
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If most moms know that back sleeping — a practice that's been publicized by the Safe to Sleep campaign and affirmed by pediatricians since 1994 — is safer than stomach-sleeping, why not commit to it every single night?
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A large part of that is due to fear, based on the shootings that have happened and were highly publicized.
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Shulkin, an Obama administration holdover, publicized the effort as VA’s undersecretary of health in April 2016, before Trump was elected.
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Ebell said the debate was productive but accused APS of not publicizing the event and the media of failing to pay attention.
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One limit on this strategy’s effectiveness is that consumers might not be eager to publicize every one of their purchases.
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Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons have publicized the potential dangers of trampolines.
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Ku's battles with local housing boards have become highly publicized in other states, including Alabama, Michigan and New York.
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First Known Use of publicize
1832
publicize Synonyms
Synonyms
ballyhoo, hype, pitch, plug, promote, talk up, tout, beat the drum (for)Related Words
advertise, bark, merchandise (also merchandize), sell; push; acclaim, hail, laud, praise; endorse (also indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for); recommend, review; announce, broadcast, publishNear Antonyms
conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold; recall, recant, retract, revokePUBLICIZE Defined for English Language Learners
publicize
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Definition of publicize for English Language Learners
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: to cause (something) to be publicly known : to give information about (something) to the public
PUBLICIZE Defined for Kids
publicize
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pub·li·cize
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Definition of publicize for Students
publicized;
publicizing
:to give publicity to
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