as in hype
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
The publisher was looking to drum up publicity for the Las Vegas Marathon, which the newspaper was sponsoring.
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Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
Horrigan lived in New York when his dad was the AFL’s publicity director.
—Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Long before Hollywood perfected the publicity machine, Edith Wharton understood how reputation could function as a form of social currency.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Following this publicity, H&R Block left the alliance in 2020, and Intuit shortly followed suit, leaving in 2021.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
Horrigan lived in New York when his dad was the AFL’s publicity director.
—Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Long before Hollywood perfected the publicity machine, Edith Wharton understood how reputation could function as a form of social currency.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Following this publicity, H&R Block left the alliance in 2020, and Intuit shortly followed suit, leaving in 2021.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicity
Noun
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Some, like David Carr and Jamarcus Russell, never lived up to the hype.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hulu wants some of that Traitors hype, but instead of getting celebrities to figure out who’s a Faithful or a Traitor, all their alliances and enemies are out in the open.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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More recently, a reckoning has taken hold, with a drop in digital advertising followed by the AI scramble prompting tens of thousands of layoffs.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jackson argued that Burt Jones' work in the legislature was further evidence that the lieutenant governor is corrupt, a message that the health care tycoon is pushing in advertising too.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The cartel has been accused of using fake job advertisements to lure new members and of torturing and killing recruits who resist.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The first, a lithograph-on-tin advertisement for Sapolin Enamel, pictured its label above a scene of a young girl painting a bedstead.—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Publicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicity. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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