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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shill

Noun

Elsie Peacock Hand has been a mayor, bank vice president, country music promoter, and longtime political aide and booster, Patricia Murphy writes.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Other guests in attendance include AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron, Steven Spielberg, Bob Iger, Dana Walden, Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge, Republic Records founders Monte and Avery Lipman and Swift’s longtime tour promoter Louie Messina.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 July 2026

Definition of promoter

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Owala 16-Ounce Water Bottle Finding a water bottle for my kid that is easy to close, doesn’t have a silicone straw or mouthpiece, and doesn’t leak has been a journey.

— Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Udonis Haslem was suspended Game 2 after throwing his mouthpiece in the series opener.

— James Jackson, New York Times, 20 June 2026