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publicizing

verb

present participle of publicize
1
as in promoting
to provide publicity for the movie studios widely publicized their summer blockbusters

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2
as in announcing
to make known openly or publicly the city hasn't done a good job of publicizing the new regulations for its recycling operation

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Recent Examples of publicizing Green opens up about the dark side of the attention economy, publicizing his OCD, his experience with aphantasia and the growing fight against book bans. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 The docuseries teased first-person interviews from investigative reporters, police investigators, tabloid photographers, and Good Samaritans who were instrumental in publicizing Gadd’s preferences and crimes. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026 The North American Board of Reproductive Psychiatry is actively fundraising to mount the first exam and publicizing its work. — Meg Leduc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026 In 2022, the court convicted two leaders of a Kosovo war veterans’ association for intimidating witnesses by publicizing leaked confidential documents. — CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 Talarico is hoping to raise further ethical questions about Paxton by publicizing the Unity Resources case. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Pappas accused Boykin of airing dirty laundry by publicizing a text exchange that was supposed to be private. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Last month, the center began publicizing weekly updates on individuals newly added to its disciplinary database, while also disclosing recent adjudications in its arbitration process. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Rumbelow called out members for publicizing its issues with the chiefs and the department. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicizing
  1. promoting
  2. announcing
  3. selling
  4. publishing
  5. proclaiming
  6. declaring
  7. posting
  8. advertising
Verb
  • Duff returned to touring this year after nearly two decades off the road to launch her Lucky Me Tour, promoting her February album release Luck… Or Something.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • National Organization for Women president Kim Villanueva described the content as often promoting women as objects and encouraging or glorifying rape culture.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of promoting
Verb
  • The Goodspeed will be announcing its 2027 season later in October.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But Trump made that all but impossible by announcing them with just five days left in the federal fiscal year and the House out of session through the November election.
    — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of announcing
Verb
  • Francesca Breccia’s Coccinelle Film Sales is handling the film and will start selling it to international buyers during Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Although the tapes won’t be part of the planned auction, Littleton is going forward with selling previously unpublished photos of the band, studio material, set lists, a tour parka, instruments the band owned, and other items.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • And Swarthmore College stopped publishing letter grades for first-semester students on transcripts in the 1970s.
    — Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Highlights Press, the book publishing program of Highlights for Children, is now a top-20 children’s publisher and routinely publishes activity books, craft books and learning workbooks.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of publishing
Verb
  • It’s often been said, or at least inferred, that the International Olympic Committee occasionally wishes to market itself as an entity dedicated to proclaiming and restoring peace.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • With no disrespect to Stafford, who has had a very good career, this is a bit like a former Linkin Park roadie proclaiming that if the band were to come out with another hit album, they’d be considered one of the five best.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of proclaiming
Verb
  • When the trial reconvened less than 30 minutes later, a statement was read aloud declaring that Bulone had found Kosowski guilty of first-degree murder.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Newsom spoke with European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra on Tuesday during New York’s Climate Week, a day after declaring a state of emergency as California braces for one of the strongest storms on record.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of declaring
Verb
  • Bieber sneakily unveiled her new hair late last week, posting a mirror selfie with a white heart emoji to her Instagram Stories.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Hill’s nomination came as CMS was posting some of its strongest academic results since the pandemic.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of posting
Verb
  • Several major industry players have also thrown their weight behind the bill, including the Southeastern Conference, or SEC, which has been advertising in support of the bill during college gameday.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But the Musk trailer, which dropped Thursday, does not appear to fall in the category of the campaign advertising those bylaws were enacted to prevent.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of advertising

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“Publicizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicizing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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