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

Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
People waiting for trains seemed not quite sure how to take the ads.

— Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ads

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These are regulated by state gambling commissioners and subject to the state-level laws around advertisements and consumer protections, explains former SEC commissioner Joseph Grundfest.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
At first, his tracks were posted anonymously on SoundCloud, as a way to separate the art from the dozens of images of him seasonally plastered in Supreme advertisements.

— Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of advertisements

Noun

Flynn had been for a drink with a girl whose job was to place adverts in the various Festival guides and brochures and who spoke mostly in panegyrics.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of adverts

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Mega-scale contract wins, which include announcements matching the scope of the recent $1 billion Phoenix semiconductor complex, should help boost the stock and cement Linde's market share dominance.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Its flurry of Project Jupiter announcements on September 8 included the promise to set up a public dashboard for community members to view data related to the data center’s air, noise, heat, light, and water.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of announcements

Noun

Throughout the bar are blurbs of information on cases and criminals, researched by Rose and the team.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of blurbs

Noun

Krauss reported from the Middle East for more than 20 years, with postings in Cairo, Jerusalem and Baghdad.

— Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Investigators quickly discovered that Hollander’s motives may have centered around his lawsuits, online postings and manifestos that denounced feminism and promoted the men’s rights movement.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026

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