ads

plural of ad

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ads But as anyone without YouTube Premium will tell you, that platform allows hella campaign ads, as long as there’s disclosure on the video. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026 The Meta reversal is especially notable as the company had previously rejected an appeal by Bleecker Street, leaving it with few options to run ads on Instagram and Facebook. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026 Fazio, who remains unknown to a significant portion of the electorate, is running several lighthearted ads with a dual purpose of raising his profile and criticizing the governor. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 That’s a decline in support compared with six weeks ago, when 48% of likely voters supported it while 41% opposed it, and comes after nearly $100 million of spending on television ads, social media messages and mailers, largely from opponents. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 In an August Morning Consult survey of 4,528 Hispanic adults nationwide, respondents were randomly divided into two groups and shown ads in Spanish and English. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Campaigns built on hyper-contextual targeting (ads placed alongside specific content and moments rather than placed using a broad demographic label) outperformed generic targeting by three times. — Tony Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 In late 2023, a conservative organization bought television ads criticizing the proposal. — Jason McLure — The Examination, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026 The ads for online gambling can seem as ubiquitous as the score, luring legions into a new scourge of addiction. — Tracy Weber, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ads
Noun
  • These advertisements stressed the importance of allowing Jews to immigrate to Palestine, a small country where there was hostility to such immigration.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In that announcement, investigators specifically said the criminal group delivered fraudulent advertisements through search engines including Google and Bing.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Apple has not made any announcements about what prompted the change.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The announcements underscore Alibaba's growing push into the machinery behind the AI boom, amid a flurry of AI infrastructure investments by its Western tech peers as the race for computing power intensifies.
    — Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Ads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ads. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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