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a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest
did you see the ads in the paper for cheap round-trip flights to Florida?
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Recent Examples of ad
Average price per ad increased 10% year over year.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Political action committees have circulated push polls falsely suggesting Mamdani intends to make halal mandatory, and attack ads have darkened and elongated his beard to evoke the visual coding of menace.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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
The ad campaign in question was rolled out earlier this month by the Canadian province of Ontario.
—Alex Ederson, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Political action committees have circulated push polls falsely suggesting Mamdani intends to make halal mandatory, and attack ads have darkened and elongated his beard to evoke the visual coding of menace.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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
The ad campaign in question was rolled out earlier this month by the Canadian province of Ontario.
—Alex Ederson, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ad
Noun
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Months after Timothy Scarr's release from prison, Landmark Christian Center promoted him in a 1988 newspaper advertisement.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 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
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The people also get to say who is sexy, and prior to the official announcement, the people’s choices are announced.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The announcement was made at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bahrain Bay on November 2, during the third edition of the premium investment forum Gateway Gulf.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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