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.
—
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.
—
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).
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ads
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Several speakers at Wednesday's board meeting took issue with advertisements for the Museum of Sex appearing on city buses, arguing children shouldn't be exposed to them on their daily commute.
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The attention-grabbing bottles could be anywhere from 12 inches (for a countertop) to over 24 inches (for a display window) tall and acted as de facto advertisements enticing customers to smell the scents their smaller bottles contained.
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The omissions come after announcements by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin earlier this year that his agency was designating microplastics and pharmaceuticals priority contaminants for testing.
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This is one of the first announcements WhatsApp has made after appointing a new CEO.
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“Ads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ads. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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