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plugola

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Definition of plugola

as in advertising

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Noun

Companies have plenty of incentives to make that advertising palatable to consumers, but Ireland believes ads will play a role one way or another.

— Allison Johnson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
Wilson, who also co-founded a small business called Artefact that sells shoes and baseball caps, knows firsthand that starting a business can be expensive as advertising and real estate costs pile up.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertising

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The message comes following Tuesday morning’s memo from David Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, which acknowledged that layoffs will be part of the process of integrating the two companies.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
The hot mic saw to it that Rodgers' message to McCarthy was loud and clear and any amateur lip reader could also clearly decipher the head coach's response to his quarterback who spent 13 seasons with him in Green Bay.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of message

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The steady hum of activity hits a particularly resonant pitch on the Second Sunday of each month when the street closes to vehicular traffic and becomes a European-style pedestrian mall with outdoor eateries and prancing pets on leash.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Off the pitch, Ronaldo continues to build his business portfolio.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pitch

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The drinks, including a stellar list of toast-worthy sparkling wines, live up to the luxury billing—and affordably so during the happy hour on Tuesday through Saturday afternoons.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Tonight is one of those games that should live up to the billing.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of billing

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Carney’s office was removed from all emergency text notifications within hours of Hoffman’s killing, which the lawsuit claims is against policy and protocol.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
As those funding sources ran dry, Hauge said the relative volume of eviction notifications spiked.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of notification

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Advertisers have, for decades, struggled to determine exactly how many people were exposed to a commercial, but that task has become exponentially more difficult in the digital age.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
The germ of this idea was already latent in the first shot of Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), which shows a lo-fi close-up of Cage doing a terrible Australian accent in a TV commercial for VCRs.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of commercial

Noun

French, a Republican candidate for Texas railroad commissioner with a history of extreme posting, had shared a photo on X of University of Texas at Austin students celebrating the football team’s comeback win against Ohio State.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
The salary range for the position is $250,000 to $275,000, according to the posting.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of posting

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Jolly’s remarks came shortly after his campaign began airing a new ad that political experts and some within his party argue is leaning into racial stereotypes about Black men.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Co-existence with extraterrestrials has seen humans revert to old habits of prejudice and apartheid; crime and corruption are rampant as ever; pop-up ads now irksomely manifest as holograms in your personal space.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of ad

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