Thesaurus results for COMMERCIALS

commercials

noun

plural of commercial

as in ads

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Recent Examples of commercials Pepsi a primetime player in Super Bowl commercials The new commercial is the latest in a long history securing Pepsi's place in pop culture. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

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Noun

The company scrambled to placate the brands with new demonetization policies, stripping ads from huge batches of videos.

— Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Many people had no idea OpenAI was considering bringing ads to ChatGPT, so the punchline landed flat—perhaps indicative of the wider cultural disconnect between Silicon Valley and everyone else.

— Harry Booth, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of ads

Noun

Those include a partnership with the official prediction market sponsor of the World Cup, ADI Predictstreet, to feature co-branding advertisements in stadiums.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Ignore those advertisements touting the benefits of supplements claiming to address the need for extra protein or vitamins presurgery.

— The Editors, Robb Report, 19 July 2026

Definition of advertisements

Noun

Many of these messages relate to charging issues; others to positioning or obstacles.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
This includes identifying what messages resonate, where deals stall and how buyers respond over time, while giving teams the context to adapt in real time.

— Tom Burke, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of messages

Noun

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

Definition of adverts

Noun

Both iOS 27 and macOS 27 should be seen as Apple’s first significant move (albeit 30 months after the first announcements at WWDC 2024).

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Coleman said the company is in development on a handful of projects with announcements coming over the next couple of months.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 July 2026

Definition of announcements

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What’s more, none of those spaces are traditionally edited—as both of us are aware, having both had Indie Next blurbs go to print with typos.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The Downshift sums up stories in short blurbs with links to the source for the full report.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026

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