MARKETING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of marketing

as in advertising

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marketing

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verb

present participle of market

as in selling

to offer for sale to the public local farmers market their garden-fresh produce at roadside stands all over the valley

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Recent Examples of marketing

Noun

What is not explicit on screen or in the financial results is the intense amount of skillful work, preparation, promotion, production, marketing, and ad sales that goes on behind the scenes. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 In a statement to The Verge, OpenAI defended its influencer marketing scheme and said the event was meant to be educational. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026

Verb

In some cases, participants are encouraged to earn money by recruiting new customers or reselling the same course, creating an affiliate structure in which marketing the program becomes more lucrative than the cryptocurrency instruction itself. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 The brokers have been marketing a group of the firm's holding on both the long and short side for sale prior to Thursday's start of trading, according to people familiar with the situation. — David Faber, CNBC, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for marketing

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Noun

His firm has been tracking worldwide advertising content for years, and it's seen a 30% to 40% increase in ad spend targeting warmer regions with arctic imagery.

— Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
The strongest beer brands are moving beyond product advertising and attaching themselves to experiences, communities and rituals.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of advertising

Verb

Seat counts have stopped predicting anything, which means the pricing model underneath thirty years of enterprise software is now unstable in both directions, and everybody selling it knows.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Former homes are now occupied by spice warehouses and stores selling antiques and handicrafts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of selling

Noun

The Nazis and the Soviet Union led the way in leveraging propaganda, using sharply skewed information and entertainment to inspire their troops, rally the homeland, and win over—or confuse—enemy populations.

— Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Images of defiance were visible in Tehran’s Azadi Square, where weapons reinforced the propaganda.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of propaganda

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