as in corporate
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale
the commercial fare produced by the Hollywood movie studios
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Recent Examples of commercial
Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
His image has also been used in a Beats by Dre commercial featuring the tennis player Naomi Osaka.
—Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
As technology progresses, drones seem to be more common outside of commercial use.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
In one corner of the garage is the 2018 Ford F-150 Lightning All-Electric Prototype, the vehicle that famously pulled more than 1 million pounds of freight rail cars in a 2019 television commercial.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
His image has also been used in a Beats by Dre commercial featuring the tennis player Naomi Osaka.
—Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
Born in 1451 or 1452, Columbus grew up in Genoa, a commercial and financial center.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
As technology progresses, drones seem to be more common outside of commercial use.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercial
Adjective
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As the series progressed, Carter went on to construct a highly believable world of Roy, with a sequence of meticulously outfitted penthouses, lofts, vacation homes, and castles, as well as private jets, yachts, a corporate boardroom, and a TV newsroom.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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But the insider selling that is to come, and the corporate financing that must come, will spell the end of the upward spiral.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Thirteen points from 11 games is a steady, if unspectacular, return for a club that had racked up hauls of 111, 88 and 92 when making history with those three consecutive promotions.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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And Bina remains as stridently anti-Joanne as ever, banning her from the Roklovs’ weekly Shabbat dinner and blaming her when Noah is passed over for the promotion.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Trump made the announcement on Truth Social after the Canadian province of Ontario began running a television advertisement in the United States featuring a speech from former President Ronald Reagan.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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There were even staged advertisements placed all over the arena, like familiar signage such as a Jiffy Lube ad that were all remixed with the SP5DER branding.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The government of Ontario launched earlier this month a television ad, which is said to have cost $75,000,000 Canadian dollars (about US$54 million) and is expected to run through January on networks including Newsmax, Fox, and NBC.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Consider that longtime broadcaster Brent Musburger got summoned to the ESPN offices for referring to an over/under during a college football game, and now game breaks are littered with ads from FanDuel and DraftKings, and the network has its own sportsbook, ESPNBet.—
Dana O'Neil,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Come to think of it, these twin poles of prep communicate the same message—just with different accents.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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Producers could share wise farming methods, sales reps could amplify the message through distribution, and consumers craved intentional approaches to wine.—
Osayi Endolyn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Once Mercury and Mars enter Sagittarius and your 10th house of publicity, your professional life picks up, presenting new opportunities for growth.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The trial was moved from Sangamon County to Peoria County due to extensive media publicity.—
Deena Zaru,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Although the advertising business still isn’t large enough to require the company to disclose its sales, management expects its revenue to more than double from last year.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Disney plans to hold three different events as part of its upfront sales process, guiding advertisers through its ad-tech, sports offerings and overall content slate as the company gears up to sell advertising for its first Super Bowl in more than two decades.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The infancy of the internet in 1999 allowed the filmmakers to pull off one of the greatest marketing campaigns of all time.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Experts on the subject tend to agree that talk of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), or AI as smart as or smarter than humans, may be more hype and marketing than imminent reality.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Commercial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercial. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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