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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
Katie Couric is parodying Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle jeans ad for a good cause.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
High-rise residents in the neighborhood complained too, likening the ads beaming from the billboard to something from Las Vegas or Hong Kong.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
This was Facebook’s big advertising breakthrough a decade ago—the 2016 Trump campaign figured out how to acquire donors by showing campaign ads to people with similar social-media likes and preferences as the existing base of MAGA supporters.
—David Karpf, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
Later in the 1980s, Anheuser-Busch switched the ad from Budweiser to Bud Light, in a bid to compete with Miller's surging Lite brand.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
High-rise residents in the neighborhood complained too, likening the ads beaming from the billboard to something from Las Vegas or Hong Kong.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
This was Facebook’s big advertising breakthrough a decade ago—the 2016 Trump campaign figured out how to acquire donors by showing campaign ads to people with similar social-media likes and preferences as the existing base of MAGA supporters.
—David Karpf, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
Later in the 1980s, Anheuser-Busch switched the ad from Budweiser to Bud Light, in a bid to compete with Miller's surging Lite brand.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ad
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In the book, Shaw describes the subway grate scene featuring Monroe and actor Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch, and its subsequent image was his idea; however, the still image for the movie's advertisement was actually shot in a Los Angeles studio.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Also this week, your smart refrigerator may come with a new unwanted feature—advertisements.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
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The recall is for approximately 58 million pounds of corn dog and sausage-on-a-stick products that may be contaminated with pieces of wood that are embedded in the batter, the FSIS said in its announcement.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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The baby announcement means the Culkin-Charton household is becoming a party of five, after the birth of their daughter Kinsey Sioux in 2019 and son Wilder Wolf in 2021.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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