as in advertisements
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 ads
The French fashion house’s new ads, which break in print on Thursday, show Stone and fellow brand ambassador Hoyeon touting the Capucines and Side Trunk bags in fall-friendly colors ranging from cognac to deep navy and taupe.
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
What To Know OpenMinds said that Russia had increased its contract military recruitment in 2025, with a 40 percent year-on-year increase in social media ads, especially on the social network VK, during the first half of 2025.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Democratic Majority for Israel ran $2 million worth of ads and direct mail to primary voters about Turner’s criticism of Joe Biden; an AIPAC affiliate donated $500,000 to Brown.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
And since Nex Playground is a kid-friendly console, parents won't have to worry about privacy concerns around public servers, inappropriate ads, and strangers.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
When did the volume of streaming ads first come to your attention?
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Google bought DoubleClick to dominate ads.
—Asad Ramzanali, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
In the hiking example, a user may be served ads for waterproof hiking boots on their Instagram feed after discussing hiking with Meta’s chatbot.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
Meta plans to use AI chatbot conversations to personalize ads.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
What To Know OpenMinds said that Russia had increased its contract military recruitment in 2025, with a 40 percent year-on-year increase in social media ads, especially on the social network VK, during the first half of 2025.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Democratic Majority for Israel ran $2 million worth of ads and direct mail to primary voters about Turner’s criticism of Joe Biden; an AIPAC affiliate donated $500,000 to Brown.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
And since Nex Playground is a kid-friendly console, parents won't have to worry about privacy concerns around public servers, inappropriate ads, and strangers.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
When did the volume of streaming ads first come to your attention?
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Google bought DoubleClick to dominate ads.
—Asad Ramzanali, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
In the hiking example, a user may be served ads for waterproof hiking boots on their Instagram feed after discussing hiking with Meta’s chatbot.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
Meta plans to use AI chatbot conversations to personalize ads.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ads
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The advertisements continued to feature beautiful, sexualized women — sometimes a bit of a confusing choice for a website and marketing services company — until 2013 when GoDaddy started to transition away from a strategy of scandalizing and toward a more inspirational and sophisticated approach.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Centuries later, despite sanitary napkins existing before television was invented, advertisements of such items were banned from TV until 1972 in the United States.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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While projects connected to Cook were frequently the subject of splashy announcements from city leaders, many have not moved forward, raising questions about how thoroughly the city vetted them.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
13 Oct. 2025
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Swift packed two announcements into one.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Ads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ads. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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