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advertising

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verb

present participle of advertise

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of advertising
Noun
In its complaint, the DOJ outlined how Live Nation’s low-margin concert promotion and venue operation businesses compete very effectively on price and drive traffic to their higher-margin ticketing, sponsorship and advertising businesses, which in turn fuels reinvestment in more shows and venues. Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 Minogue, a West Point graduate, combat veteran and successful businessman has already spent a small fortune on television advertising leading up to the convention and is considered the favorite. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
Her billboard advertising her Coachella set nodded to her past performance at the festival. Hannah Malach, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026 As Consequence of Sound notes, a billboard advertising the album was spotted on the route to Indio, California, the site of Coachella. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for advertising
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advertising
Noun
  • The cartel has been accused of using fake job advertisements to lure new members and of torturing and killing recruits who resist.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The first, a lithograph-on-tin advertisement for Sapolin Enamel, pictured its label above a scene of a young girl painting a bedstead.
    Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But McMahon was not interested in publishing white papers.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The two researchers began compiling and publishing their joint reflections on game strategies, and this culminated in the nearly 700-page book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Uber launched an ad campaign against the tax and said it would be paid by riders.
    Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Not all that long ago, Fox and Telemundo likely would have blanched at an ad that encourages sports fans to get up from their sofas.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Uttar Pradesh government moved quickly as well, announcing a 21 percent interim wage increase on Tuesday, effective retroactively from April 1.
    Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • If the late-night ecosystem were healthy, that appearance probably would have been announcing Johnson as the new Daily Show host, taking over for a permanent host who would be moving up to The Late Show.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Glosserman even pointed to a familiar GEICO insurance commercial — featuring a masked killer who, much like Leslie Vernon, wears no shoes and overalls — as an example of how their cult film’s visual language has seeped into the mainstream.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The commercial was filmed in the UCLA gym at Pauley Pavilion.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Today, there's writing on the wall outside, proclaiming the miracle of Ho Khanh.
    Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Misao took a microphone, proudly proclaiming her dedication to justice.
    Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Another of the girls in the group managed to get a message (to the police) that the sisters of the captain had been detained.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There were special messages from celebrities like Madonna, Missy Elliott and former President Barack Obama.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • An author who rose to fame by posting UFO and paranormal content online died in an apparent suicide earlier this week, according to Colorado authorities.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • International Business Machines — The technology giant slipped 7% after IBM failed to raise its full-year guidance after posting an earnings beat.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026

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“Advertising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advertising. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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