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as in to advertise
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
a new cleaning agent touted as the only product a homeowner needs for all his or her cleaning chores
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as in to applaud
to declare enthusiastic approval of
statements from several former patients touting the doctor's alleged cancer cure
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as in to promote
to provide publicity for
an avalanche of ads touting the new movie
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Recent Examples of tout
The Trump administration has touted that companies and other countries pay the tariffs, not consumers.
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Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
Despite the silence on any pertinent information, White House officials were quick to tout the move on social media.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2025
Griffin, a Tampa native, touted his Florida roots and deep Capitol relationships while asking for the board’s support.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Duggan touted how many of his donations came from Michigan.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
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Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
Despite the silence on any pertinent information, White House officials were quick to tout the move on social media.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2025
Griffin, a Tampa native, touted his Florida roots and deep Capitol relationships while asking for the board’s support.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Duggan touted how many of his donations came from Michigan.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
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Trump’s softened stance on marijuana comes as the industry has tapped into his orbit, including through the American Rights and Reform PAC, which is financially backed by the industry and has advertised on its behalf, while also giving $1 million to Trump’s PAC, the Wall Street Journal reported.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The family was looking to buy a business and found Crown Hardware advertised for sale online.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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For the second time in six months, captain Virgil van Dijk and his team-mates stood watching and applauding as the silverware was presented at Wembley.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
11 Aug. 2025
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Many livestream commenters have applauded Conicent for its work, however, and shared public messages of encouragement.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In addition to Wicked: For Good, which premieres on Nov. 21, the Oscar winner is also busy promoting Ne Zha II.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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On a societal level, bigger cars take up more public space, leaving less room for the livable, likeable city and promote urban sprawl.—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Six months after the launch of the Pixel 8, the AI-smartphone, Apple announced its plans at it 2024 Worldwide Îeveloper Conference.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The last time the two are believed to have seen each other in person was in February 2024, right after the King announced his cancer diagnosis.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
16 Aug. 2025
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Highlighting the beauty and peril of open water swimming and the obstacles women continue to face in the pursuit of equality, Vindication Swim has been praised for its vivid portrait of Gleitze as a pioneering trailblazer for women’s open water swimming around the world.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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After many noble but failed attempts, the world will finally, rightly, spend an entire year praising Rose Byrne.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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The company created 10,000 Class A shares valued at $25,000 each, but sold only 2,551 shares to public investors, according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Both museums are particularly relevant now, because Dylan, at age 84 continues to tour worldwide, and the biopic about his early career as a folksinger, A Complete Unknown, was acclaimed by moviegoers after it was released on Christmas Day 2024.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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His record-breaking 666-day reign as Intercontinental Champion was universally acclaimed, and his subsequent run as World Heavyweight Champion was equally dominant until he was defeated by CM Punk at SummerSlam last weekend.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Ukrainian anxieties weren’t soothed in the runup to Anchorage, when Trump went out of his way to hail Russia’s victories against Napoleon and Hitler, and then called and praised President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, perhaps Putin’s closest ally.—
Tom Nagorski,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Radiohead is having a fantastic week on the charts in the United Kingdom, where the English rock band hails from.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Tout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tout. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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