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

But this is a site that’s been fined for deceptive pricing and is not beloved by those who use it, with low customer net-promoter scores.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Joshua was discharged from hospital after two days but earlier this week his promoter Eddie Hearn told the BBC that in the early stages of his recovery, just a slight movement in bed would be excruciating pain for the boxer.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of promoter

Noun

Sick of It All were NYHC’s most welcoming emissaries, and their mouthpiece was Lou Koller, whose death was announced Friday.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026
Its insulated design keeps my water ice cold for hours on end, plus its flip-straw design keeps the mouthpiece hidden from the open air during my commutes.

— Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026