as in corporate
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale
the commercial fare produced by the Hollywood movie studios
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Recent Examples of commercial
Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Routine commercial flights to orbit did not exist.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Jeffers will report to Ben Blake, executive vice president, customer and commercial.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 20 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Porter has also worked as a meteorological technical subject matter expert in for both government and commercial organizations around the world.
—Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Routine commercial flights to orbit did not exist.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
Based on industry sources, a 30-second commercial on The Bachelorette costs about $100,000.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Jeffers will report to Ben Blake, executive vice president, customer and commercial.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercial
Adjective
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Gone are the corporate and impersonal interiors, and here to stay are delicious, residential-feeling finishes such as iridescent chinoiserie wallpapers, fresh carpeting, and all-new necessities like televisions and phones.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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By any normal corporate logic, this was an insane thing to promise.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sometimes, ballpark promotions work out just great.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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As Shivers loosely acknowledged, his promotion comes at a pivotal time for his agency as The Team is currently up for sale following the scandal that surrounded founder Casey Wasserman over his inclusion in the Epstein Files.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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Out-of-home impressions are the number of people who see a physical or digital advertisement outside of their home through social media campaigns, billboards, signage and commercials.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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And research shows young people are particularly at risk of sports gambling problems, lured in by splashy advertisements often featuring celebrities and promises of low risks and high rewards.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Those brief ads are targeting about four dozen battleground districts that the group believes can be flipped.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Shailin Asadollahi told me that her family’s group chat had turned into a live feed of ad-hoc forensics, chronicling their efforts to find her brother.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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McLeod also emphasized the urgency of incorporating and said that many people get the wrong message about what becoming a city means.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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By then, internal messages show, executives and board members had come to believe that Altman’s omissions and deceptions might have ramifications for the safety of OpenAI’s products.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An advertisement, generating publicity before a concert tour.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the publicity run leading up to the movie, Zendaya and Pattinson have also avoided commenting on the plot twist or overall storyline.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Subscription streaming, which started off as ad-free and relatively inexpensive a decade ago, has tilted toward advertising in recent years as prices continue to go up, in large part to defray the cost of sports rights and big-ticket programming.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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On Android, reset or delete your advertising ID.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Students can specialize in design, marketing, and production and graduate with industry certifications from Dallas College.—
Erin Jones,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Many observers, like The New York Times’ Silicon Valley correspondent Mike Isaac, said TBPN amounts to a form of marketing for OpenAI.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Commercial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercial. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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