ads

plural of ad

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ads Griffin ads AbbVie as second pharma bet Eli Lilly wasn’t Griffin’s only major pharmaceutical move. Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 Why do TikTok livestream sellers feel more trustworthy than ads? Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Without ads, small price hikes could be the simplest way for Apple TV to drive revenue. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 Building affordable housing at scale means politicians need to break up with wealthy special interests like the construction accident lawyers who plaster the city and MTA buses with billboards and ads. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 The ads were never the weak link; the first five minutes after the lead came in were. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The suite pairs a VPN with an ad blocker, giving users encrypted browsing alongside a cleaner, faster experience free of pop-ups and banner ads. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026 In Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, Nixon had raised under $1 million and spent just $50,000 on digital ads. Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026 Wahab overcame late intervention from the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, which spent millions of dollars on ads to try to defeat her and boost opponent Melissa Hernandez. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ads
Noun
  • In the age of on-demand viewership, sports broadcasts are one of the only things people will watch with advertisements.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Roughly half to 65% of the organization's budget comes from taxpayers via the Department of Defense, and the rest comes from commercial revenue streams like subscriptions and advertisements.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For years, America's been in the chokehold of unnecessarily oversized pickup trucks, but recent announcements of new vehicles show that common sense – and more reasonably proportioned utes – may soon prevail.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Federal Reserve’s new chairman, Kevin Warsh, is set to deliver a speech Friday at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the backdrop for past policy announcements.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Ads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ads. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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