adverts 1 of 2

plural of advert, chiefly British

adverts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of advert

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of adverts
Noun
More than 10% of Hollywood job adverts are AI-related, The Los Angeles Times reported, suggesting the US movie industry is increasingly incorporating the technology despite public protests. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026 This will allow Joyn users to access ZDF news, docs, culture, factual and entertainment programs for free without adverts. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 July 2026 But his boyish face might never be plastered across TV adverts or the billboards of Times Square in the way his sporting peers are. Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 4 July 2026 The platform has featured traditional adverts for bets, but CazéTV’s commentators have also promoted betting during the games, blending advertising with commentary of the action on the pitch. ABC News, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adverts
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
Verb
  • The announcement signals that Anthropic is wading deeper into hardware, where rivals including OpenAI and Amazon have spent billions of dollars designing AI-native devices and manufacturing tools.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The autumn equinox signals the start of the fall in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Griffin ads AbbVie as second pharma bet Eli Lilly wasn’t Griffin’s only major pharmaceutical move.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Why do TikTok livestream sellers feel more trustworthy than ads?
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Neurology refers them back to psychiatry because their scans are normal.
    Mackenzi Moore, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As this is under active investigation, the district refers all questions to the Monroe County Sheriff's office.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 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
Verb
  • Woodmansee also mentions exposure to sun, soil type, drainage, and moisture requirements as additional considerations.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The warrant also mentions at least three other victims who shared similar accounts with detectives.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • One of the photos released shows the pair of friends-turned-secret-lovers in bed together, while another shot of them facing each other in a bathroom hints that there’s tension lingering.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Research hints that this precipitous drop in estrogen may affect how our brains age.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Adverts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adverts. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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