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an advertisement for special low fares to Florida and Cancún during spring break
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Recent Examples of advertisements
In a separate ruling, in October 2025, the French equalities regulator said Meta’s Facebook algorithm breached France’s anti-discrimination law by displaying different job advertisements to men and women.
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Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
First, overseas fraudsters would allegedly target Americans over the age of 55 with pop-up advertisements on their computers, offering fake tech support in exchange for payment.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Their striking image has persisted for decades, inspiring everything from luxury advertisements to a Sabrina Carpenter music video with Barry Keoghan.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
The Financial Times reports that job advertisements for these roles have increased more than 800% between January and September of 2025, citing data from the jobs platform Indeed.
—John Kell, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Indeed's dashboard of indicators also has shown a pullback in salary offerings as job advertisements have declined.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Instead, verticals rely on promotional advertisements and free episodes to get people hooked on storylines and then charge them anywhere from $15 to $50 to finish a series.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Manoogian points to advertisements for midnight food menus, and around the clock work and entertainment as examples of our 24/7 modern life.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
According to a report from The Cardinal, after the paper started operating independent of UofL in 1971, most of the paper's revenue came from the university's advertisements.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
First, overseas fraudsters would allegedly target Americans over the age of 55 with pop-up advertisements on their computers, offering fake tech support in exchange for payment.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Their striking image has persisted for decades, inspiring everything from luxury advertisements to a Sabrina Carpenter music video with Barry Keoghan.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
The Financial Times reports that job advertisements for these roles have increased more than 800% between January and September of 2025, citing data from the jobs platform Indeed.
—John Kell, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Indeed's dashboard of indicators also has shown a pullback in salary offerings as job advertisements have declined.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Instead, verticals rely on promotional advertisements and free episodes to get people hooked on storylines and then charge them anywhere from $15 to $50 to finish a series.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Manoogian points to advertisements for midnight food menus, and around the clock work and entertainment as examples of our 24/7 modern life.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
According to a report from The Cardinal, after the paper started operating independent of UofL in 1971, most of the paper's revenue came from the university's advertisements.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advertisements
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The extent of marketing in the ‘50s and ‘60s was press coverage, ads in publications, and on radio and TV spots.—
William Jones,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
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That gap shaped everything while Spanberger flooded the airwaves with ads on affordability and later tied Republicans to the October government shutdown.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
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The show will feature world premieres, major new game announcements, and musical performances, alongside awards honoring the year’s best games and creators.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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Trump later promised that more announcements regarding Syria were on the way.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Advertisements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advertisements. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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