as in advertisement
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
Moriarty pushed back hard, publicly calling out Reno and even taking out ads in industry trade magazines to defend creative expression.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
The bombardment of political ads will commence this week.
—Paul Miller, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
What started as an ad-hoc project shared by two of San Diego’s key research institutions is now a permanent part of the region’s public health infrastructure.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Decades later, fans were quick to recognize her as the child star who helped define a generation of family-friendly ads.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
The bombardment of political ads will commence this week.
—Paul Miller, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
What started as an ad-hoc project shared by two of San Diego’s key research institutions is now a permanent part of the region’s public health infrastructure.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Decades later, fans were quick to recognize her as the child star who helped define a generation of family-friendly ads.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ad
Noun
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The Hannity segment then turned to the online backlash surrounding actor Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans advertisement.—
Adisa Hargett-Robinson,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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In a separate ruling, in October 2025, the French equalities regulator said Meta’s Facebook algorithm breached France’s anti-discrimination law by displaying different job advertisements to men and women.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Year after year, Disneyland fans anxiously awaited an announcement that never came.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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His announcement, coupled with previous announcements from Jordan Napier and Jacob Bostick, means that the Aztecs are returning all three of their starting receivers.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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