commercials

plural of commercial

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercials
Noun
  • The share of ads on New York City subways and buses from tech companies jumped 50% in the first quarter of 2026 from a year ago, as AI startups try to win over the world’s finance capital.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 29 May 2026
  • That money has largely been spent on TV ads and mailers attacking Mejia.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The vote sets the stage for a grueling summer of campaigns and advertisements over whether voters should insert partisan politics into the judiciary.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • Commissioners also want to restrict the type of advertisements on the robots and floated the idea of no advertisements at all, an ask the company behind the robots does not seem keen on.
    Michelle Marchante June 3, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • August 23 – September 22 Clear messages spark teamwork and goodwill.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • Richards vaguely remembers seeing messages on social media around 2016 about Black women embracing their natural hair.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • After posting the adverts, Chinese agents are said to trawl through applicants’ CVs to find who might have access to useful information, with subsequent interviews conducted virtually.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • That quote is going to be used against him in countless Democratic campaign adverts.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • The two announcements may confuse many Americans who have read for months about FIFA’s money-maximizing ticket strategy.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
  • The announcements are being made at London Tech Week.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • There was a prefatory letter by Archibald MacLeish, a professor at Harvard and a former Librarian of Congress, and an introduction by Mark Schorer, a professor of English at Berkeley, along with blurbs from other eminent men of letters.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The book carried blurbs from prominent journalists, including Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic’s chief executive, and a foreword by Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize–winning reporter from the Philippines.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • Days beyond 10 hours help fuel significant billings for some lawyers, including two from the firm Rock Fusco & Connelly whose billing amounts last year led all attorneys working for the city on this kind of case.
    Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence is transforming how companies hire, employers are scaling back traditional training programs and entry-level job postings have fallen sharply in many sectors.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
  • However, the latest look at labor turnover also showed that those job postings aren’t necessarily turning into job offers – the US job market remains entrenched in a low-hire, low-fire dynamic.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 2 June 2026

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“Commercials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercials. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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