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information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause
an endless flow of publicity for our charity event resulted in a great turnout
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Recent Examples of publicity
Because of pretrial publicity, the court decided to select a jury from outside Clay County, drawing from a pool of jurors from a county on the other side of the state.
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Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The Michigan players stress their NCAA eligibility hinged on signing a student-athlete statement that denied them the chance to sign NIL deals and granted the NCAA and its members control of their publicity rights.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
But while major brand name drug companies often get the publicity, an army of small businesses is working behind the scenes to support this lifesaving work.
—Elaine Parker, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
As described in Section 1, Participants may be asked to complete a publicity release.
—Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The Michigan players stress their NCAA eligibility hinged on signing a student-athlete statement that denied them the chance to sign NIL deals and granted the NCAA and its members control of their publicity rights.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
But while major brand name drug companies often get the publicity, an army of small businesses is working behind the scenes to support this lifesaving work.
—Elaine Parker, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
As described in Section 1, Participants may be asked to complete a publicity release.
—Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicity
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The Hurricanes were equally impressive on the other side of the ball, in a performance that will boost their College Football Playoff hype.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Stein said her new book, a literary novel about a TikTok hype house, went into a second printing before it was even published—possibly thanks to the approaches she’s learned from romance.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Programmatic advertising lets buyers target audiences based on demographics, shopping patterns or other attributes.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company reportedly spent $25 million on the advertising deal Kidman is also the founder of her own production company, Blossom Films.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company even purchased advertisements in The Philadelphia Inquirer to highlight its achievements.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Friend, a startup that spent $1 million on a sprawling campaign in the New York City subway with more than 11,000 advertisements on subway cars, 1,000 platform posters, and 130 urban panels, has been hit especially hard.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Publicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicity. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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