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as in promoting
to provide publicity for
the movie studios widely publicized their summer blockbusters
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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
Regarding the timing of the announcement about Harry's trip to Canada, PEOPLE understands that since the Duke of Sussex no longer holds the same level of security as working members of the royal family, the window for publicizing his engagements is narrower.
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The complaint also accused Oakland Unified of discriminating against students by publicizing Arab American Heritage Month more favorably than Jewish Heritage Month and linking to the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, which the law firm alleges is anti-Israel.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Attorney General Todd Rokita has since included instances of these comments made to his government dashboard, publicizing evidence Hoosiers submitted of teachers and administrators sharing comments about Kirk's death online.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Avoid publicizing the win until after the claim is official.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
This year, the Department of Health and Human Services eliminated the entire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) team responsible for tracking and publicizing national drowning trends.
—Karen Cohn, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
After exploring a variety of options since publicizing the sale 10 months ago, the Pohlad family will remain the principal owner of the club and add new investors instead.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The Israeli military unit known as COGAT, which leads civilian policy in Gaza, has been publicizing images of Palestinian children with health disorders as proof that there is no widespread hunger.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
But after publicizing the study on Dutch television, Tak was inundated with requests from patients who were sick of endless regimens of pills and injections.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2022
Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The complaint also accused Oakland Unified of discriminating against students by publicizing Arab American Heritage Month more favorably than Jewish Heritage Month and linking to the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, which the law firm alleges is anti-Israel.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Attorney General Todd Rokita has since included instances of these comments made to his government dashboard, publicizing evidence Hoosiers submitted of teachers and administrators sharing comments about Kirk's death online.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Avoid publicizing the win until after the claim is official.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
This year, the Department of Health and Human Services eliminated the entire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) team responsible for tracking and publicizing national drowning trends.
—Karen Cohn, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
After exploring a variety of options since publicizing the sale 10 months ago, the Pohlad family will remain the principal owner of the club and add new investors instead.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
The Israeli military unit known as COGAT, which leads civilian policy in Gaza, has been publicizing images of Palestinian children with health disorders as proof that there is no widespread hunger.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
But after publicizing the study on Dutch television, Tak was inundated with requests from patients who were sick of endless regimens of pills and injections.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicizing
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Weng has been offered a new research project that will contribute to the improved reliability and effectiveness of legged robotic systems by advancing evaluation standards and by promoting transparency regarding the capabilities – and limitations – of these systems, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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While the Bridgerton star has been promoting the Wicked sequel, he has also been given the title of PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2025.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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After announcing their engagement in April 2023, Brown and Bongiovi tied the knot in May 2024.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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A day after announcing its Q3 numbers, Solera published Cunha’s undated offer letter.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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The poppy became such a recognizable symbol for remembrance observances that veterans’ groups started selling paper replicas of the flowers to raise money for veterans’ causes.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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Trump has partly addressed the shortfall by selling NATO weapons for transfer to Ukraine (more air-defense weapons are still needed, though).—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
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In 2010, Niven also sued Australian band The Brewster Brothers, alleging copyright infringement and seeking publishing royalties as well as the return of two guitars.—
Andrew Flanagan,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Best, who accused her of helping steal his intellectual property rights, royalties, and publishing revenue.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Álvarez, who owned a modest condo in Tampa and incorporated a company there in April 2017, gave an exclusive telephone interview from her jail in Colombia, proclaiming her innocence.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Giannis Antetokounmpo made his statement to the New York Knicks by taking them down and proclaiming Milwaukee is his city amid constant rumors of Giannis to New York.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Members of the caucus emerged from a two-hour meeting on Thursday declaring that the 47-member group is coalescing around a unified strategy rather than splintering into factions, which could mean the government funding fight lasts well beyond the current 37 days.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Bailey's recognition comes as the magazine celebrates 40 years of declaring the honor, which began in 1985 with Oscar winner Mel Gibson.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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When Kipley started posting informational videos online about her decision to pump during class, she was faced with a good amount of backlash.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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The president is also posting about tariffs this morning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a federal judge to issue a restraining order against the makers of Tylenol to force them to immediately stop advertising to consumers that in consultation with a doctor the pain reliever is safe for pregnant women and young children to use.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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However, fundamentally changing the way people interface with search, commerce and content online will require just that, entirely new revenue models, maybe, hopefully, some that are aligned, that are not advertising based.—
Joe Marchese, Executive Chairman, Human Ventures,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Publicizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicizing. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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