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
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
There was only a small portion of the incident caught on camera before the telecast went to commercial, but things appeared to have been very heated.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Under her watch, Film4 developed and financed critical and commercial hits like Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland, and Shane Meadows’ This is England.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Just last year, Stonestreet, Burrell, Bowen, and Ferguson joined forces for a commercial that satirized the fear of being left out.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
There was only a small portion of the incident caught on camera before the telecast went to commercial, but things appeared to have been very heated.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
Jay is widely respected for transforming underutilized assets and driving modern, digital-first commercial strategies.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Under her watch, Film4 developed and financed critical and commercial hits like Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland, and Shane Meadows’ This is England.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercial
Adjective
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American Sound Design received 53 payments from the Foundation that were authorized by Gatlin, including 51 wire transfers to his corporate account at Wells Fargo.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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For those looking to get ahead, the best career training might not come from a classroom or a corporate internship, but from a low-wage job in the service industry, says Jeetu Patel, now chief product officer at Cisco.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hannah Wise and Ian Cummings have been promoted to the second-highest management roles at The Star following the promotion of Greg Farmer to McClatchy’s executive vice president of local news and Andale Gross to The Star’s executive editor.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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While other people were asking about promotions, titles, and raises, Burns was taking on the problems nobody else wanted to solve.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Centuries later, despite sanitary napkins existing before television was invented, advertisements of such items were banned from TV until 1972 in the United States.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The company even purchased advertisements in The Philadelphia Inquirer to highlight its achievements.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The French fashion house’s new ads, which break in print on Thursday, show Stone and fellow brand ambassador Hoyeon touting the Capucines and Side Trunk bags in fall-friendly colors ranging from cognac to deep navy and taupe.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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John Halley, a longtime ex-Viacom exec who was elevated to lead ad sales for Paramount soon after the merger of CBS and Viacom, is still with the company, according to a person familiar with the new hire.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From the Gullah Islands of the Carolinas to the coast of Nigeria, every savory taste carries a message, meaning, or legacy.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
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For the White House, the message was dire.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her oversight includes consumer publicity campaigns for FX originals that are both streamed exclusively on Hulu and Disney+, and also run on the FX and FXX cable channels.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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As most of mainstream Hollywood looks to opt out of OpenAI‘s new AI video app Sora, one content creator and boxer has clearly opted in and appears to be enjoying the free publicity.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The analysis recorded all gambling messaging, such as logos on replica and training kits, stadiums, advertising boards and interview backdrops, with the Saturday evening game between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City found to have an average of 22 adverts per minute.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Debates don’t always change the trajectory of the race, but candidates — particularly weeks out from an election — can benefit from a standout moment, which could offer fodder for late advertising, too.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Social Security Administration will continue to issue retirement and disability benefits, but will furlough 12% of its staff and pause marketing campaigns, according to the agency’s shutdown plan.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Under a marketing agreement with the restaurant chain, the team played as the Hooters from 1993-95.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Commercial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercial. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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