1
as in to elevate
to move higher in rank or position
the navy promoted her to captain for her record of outstanding performance
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2
as in to encourage
to help the growth or development of
a campaign promoting good dental hygiene
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3
as in to grow
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
spends all her time now promoting her new business
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as in to sell
to provide publicity for
promoting a new line of toys based on the popular movie
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Recent Examples of promote
The program seeks to promote the expansion of next-generation technology such as AI and quantum computing that are expected to drive future economic development and job growth.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
Right-hander Adam Mazur will make his Marlins’ debut Wednesday after being promoted from Triple-A Jacksonville, McCullough said.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
The Jays also designated reliever Erik Swanson for assignment, promoting pitchers Paxton Schultz and Justin Bruihl to the 26-man roster.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Between book releases, communication with readers is mediated through social media platforms that increasingly throttle reach unless creators pay to promote posts.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
Right-hander Adam Mazur will make his Marlins’ debut Wednesday after being promoted from Triple-A Jacksonville, McCullough said.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
The Jays also designated reliever Erik Swanson for assignment, promoting pitchers Paxton Schultz and Justin Bruihl to the 26-man roster.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Between book releases, communication with readers is mediated through social media platforms that increasingly throttle reach unless creators pay to promote posts.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promote
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Core inflation, which excludes the volatile food and energy categories, remains elevated at 2.5%.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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Even so, Trump has raged at Powell for more than seven years after the president elevated him to lead the Fed in 2017.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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These plays still aren’t consistent from Ivey, but look for the Pistons to put him in more pick-and-roll situations to encourage more growth in that department.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Outrage from the Sikh community, as well as a social media push calling for hate crime charges, encouraged prosecutors to take another look at the case, officials said.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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This mat-forming perennial grows just 4 to 6 inches tall but spreads up to two feet, covering the soil with a dense mosslike carpet of evergreen foliage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 June 2025
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Many private businesses, however, still don’t observe it as a holiday, but a growing number, including Zillow, Nike and Lyft, now give workers the day off.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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In 1996, this letter was part of a bundle that sold at a Christie’s auction for almost nine hundred thousand dollars.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The brand is already sold in key retailers and tested the pop-up format locally, but Loro Piana is aiming to have a retail presence there in the next two to three years.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 June 2025
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States like California and Oklahoma have already upgraded their EBT systems.—
Christina Hanson,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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The satellites – Amazon's largest deployment to date – were significantly upgraded following an October 2023 launch of two prototype Kuiper satellites, according to the company.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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In each case, growing landlessness and the pressure to cultivate cash crops reduced local resilience in the face of prolonged droughts and other disasters, such as outbreaks of bubonic plague and cattle disease.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Spanish-Speaking Cannabis Creators Santa Tuca (Alan) – A prominent Argentine cannabis creator and community leader, Santa Tuca has cultivated an audience of 80,000+ on Instagram with creative grow-op tours, event coverage, and lifestyle content.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The aggressive ones, by contrast, often produce symptoms between screenings and are diagnosed clinically.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The company also produces made-to-order suits, trousers, blazers, T-shirts and shirts.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
16 June 2025
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The Heat also have gone without selections in 2018 and ’16. Unlike other teams, the Heat in recent years have not publicized their workouts.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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She’s made a rather deliberate choice to keep her distance from the ongoing and highly publicized feud between King Charles and Prince Harry.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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“Promote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promote. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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