Thesaurus results for SHILL

shill

noun

Definition of shill

as in promoter

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Recent Examples of shill The announcers, conveniently, get into the act, conscripted shills for their betting partners. — Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2025 Trump will destroy his reputation and loose [sic] his entire base, shills and apologists included. — Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 Immediately after Aldean’s second opening act Nate Smith’s performance, Aldean popped up on the screens to shill for the company in a prerecorded ad. — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 One prompt turned Gemini into a shill for an imaginary product. — PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shill

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Noun

Terrell, who is gay and doubles as a night-club promoter, brings in scores of drinkers to their perpetually sleepy pub, transforming it into Philadelphia’s trendiest gay bar.

— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
The concert promoter’s local portfolio leaves a gap in the market for acts that have graduated beyond the smaller venues but aren’t yet drawing arena-sized crowds, Schalk said.

— Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of promoter

Noun

The tension between them comes to a head after the two arrive in Nebraska and begin investigating a school shooting that Hal believes is a front for aliens.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Johnson played on the edge in three-man fronts, a shift from how his career started as the final pick in the 2023 draft.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026