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
There’s a publicity department for Santa’s appearances, and a legion of letter answerers.
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Lauren Ashley Bishop, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Celebrity and publicity were beginning to take recognizably modern forms.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Another board member, Wayne Bennett, was the sheriff in Glynn County, where the trial was moved because of pretrial publicity.
—CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
As usual, sadly, any publicity was good publicity.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 30 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Ashley Bishop, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Celebrity and publicity were beginning to take recognizably modern forms.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Another board member, Wayne Bennett, was the sheriff in Glynn County, where the trial was moved because of pretrial publicity.
—CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
As usual, sadly, any publicity was good publicity.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicity
Noun
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The fuzzy shearling interior and buttery soft suede outer is worth all the hype, and the chestnut hue goes with legit everything.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
15 Jan. 2026
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The draft discussion around Manning never quite matched the hype heights typically scaled by the top quarterbacks in the class.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Jan. 2026
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While marketing Miami is never in short supply, the region is now getting a week’s worth of advertising across the United States.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2026
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The deal included an advertising buy on the broadcast.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Hannity segment then turned to the online backlash surrounding actor Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans advertisement.—
Adisa Hargett-Robinson,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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In a separate ruling, in October 2025, the French equalities regulator said Meta’s Facebook algorithm breached France’s anti-discrimination law by displaying different job advertisements to men and women.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Publicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicity. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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