social promotion
noun
: the practice of promoting a student from one grade level to the next on the basis of age rather than academic achievement
Examples of social promotion in a Sentence
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Last year was rough for Bud Light, for instance, after the company’s social promotion with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney led to conservatives and celebrities boycotting the brand.
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Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2024
There may be opportunities for additional social promotion and other media coverage.
—Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2023
Under his leadership, the district placed faltering schools on academic probation, fired underperforming principals and ended social promotion, the practice in which failing students were advanced from grade to grade simply to keep them with their peers.
—Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
But Steiner said this is not social promotion.
—Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2021
Is social promotion a problem?
—Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2020
The plan right now is a streaming release and social promotion for the song.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2022
Just this week, he was tapped for Spotify's global emerging artist program RADAR, which includes features in the RADAR playlist, promotional support for his upcoming releases, on-platform marketing, bespoke content and social promotion.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2021
Or turning its most accomplished business leaders into beneficiaries of social promotion.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2024
There may be opportunities for additional social promotion and other media coverage.
—Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2023
Under his leadership, the district placed faltering schools on academic probation, fired underperforming principals and ended social promotion, the practice in which failing students were advanced from grade to grade simply to keep them with their peers.
—Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
But Steiner said this is not social promotion.
—Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2021
Is social promotion a problem?
—Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2020
The plan right now is a streaming release and social promotion for the song.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2022
Just this week, he was tapped for Spotify's global emerging artist program RADAR, which includes features in the RADAR playlist, promotional support for his upcoming releases, on-platform marketing, bespoke content and social promotion.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2021
Or turning its most accomplished business leaders into beneficiaries of social promotion.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Social promotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20promotion. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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