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
With the passage of Thursday’s law, both sides have agreed to pull their respective measures from the November ballot, halting campaigns that had both parties amassing tens of millions in funding and blanketing the airwaves with ads.
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Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The comments were clipped almost immediately by the Jones team and played on multiple ads on television and social media, and became a regular talking point for Jones during various public appearances.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Marketers, content creators, entertainment moguls and more were in the south of France this week for the huge ads, brands and creative industries get-together.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
Buyers are flooded with ads, emails, webinars and LinkedIn posts all day long.
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Jehan Lalkaka,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Some are already running ads against the initiative.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Server-side ads can have differing volumes due to companies using various encoding pipelines.
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Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2026
The ads feature the Kalshi logo but omit the Kalshi trading interface, leaving the viewer to focus on the celebrities.
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Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
It’s also allowed more space for TV commercials to be sold, with broadcasters such as FOX cutting to ads during the short stoppages (fans noted that the American network even missed match action in the Mexico-South Africa tournament opener).
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The comments were clipped almost immediately by the Jones team and played on multiple ads on television and social media, and became a regular talking point for Jones during various public appearances.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Marketers, content creators, entertainment moguls and more were in the south of France this week for the huge ads, brands and creative industries get-together.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
Buyers are flooded with ads, emails, webinars and LinkedIn posts all day long.
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Jehan Lalkaka,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Some are already running ads against the initiative.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Server-side ads can have differing volumes due to companies using various encoding pipelines.
—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2026
The ads feature the Kalshi logo but omit the Kalshi trading interface, leaving the viewer to focus on the celebrities.
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Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
It’s also allowed more space for TV commercials to be sold, with broadcasters such as FOX cutting to ads during the short stoppages (fans noted that the American network even missed match action in the Mexico-South Africa tournament opener).
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ads
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In congressional races across the country, a new crop of super PACs is taking to the air with millions of dollars worth of advertisements to sway voters.
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With two hydration breaks that include four ad breaks per match, it can be estimated that Fox will make well over $200 million during hydration break advertisements during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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But others became convinced that Swift had already dropped some Easter eggs, which the artist is known to do ahead of major announcements and album releases.
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Developers weren’t wowed by the announcements — many of them have already experimented with similar capabilities from Amazon’s competitors and view Amazon as a laggard in the AI race.
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“Ads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ads. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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