Thesaurus results for COMMERCIALS

commercials

noun

plural of commercial

as in ads

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Recent Examples of commercials Pepsi a primetime player in Super Bowl commercials The new commercial is the latest in a long history securing Pepsi's place in pop culture. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Some of the ads say that the billionaire tax would lead to a decline in tax revenue, while others claim that the measure will lead to the state legislature approving wealth taxes on non-billionaires.

— Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Different views on the topic The White House describes the ads as public-service announcements intended to encourage patriotism and explain why America is worth defending.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ads

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Obama is getting significantly more involved in the midterm elections, with additional campaign stops and advertisements expected to come in the closing weeks, according to plans shared first with The Associated Press.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Cheerful images of daisies and sunflowers, culled from hardware store seed packets and perfume advertisements, sit alongside micrographs of cells and other elements invisible to the naked eye.

— Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertisements

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Commonly used to carry messages, pigeons became less useful to people after World War II as radio, telephone and other electronic communications became reliable.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The controller was having trouble hearing the pilots and asked them to repeat their messages, including altitude, several times, according to the audio.

— Anselm Gibbs, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of messages

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Last year, Ken McCallum, MI5’s director-general, said Chinese spies poseda daily national security threat, and were creating fake job adverts to try to lure British professionals into handing over information.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Flynn had been for a drink with a girl whose job was to place adverts in the various Festival guides and brochures and who spoke mostly in panegyrics.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of adverts

Noun

Amid the backlash, the White House has defended the television spots as public service announcements meant to educate voters and promote patriotism.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
The announcements of this year's prizes began Monday with the Nobel Prize in medicine being awarded to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of announcements

Noun

Bensi has become a viral sensation with online postings about her life in Cuba and the lack of freedoms on the island.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Hiring surged during the pandemic as everything went digital, with software development postings on the job search site Indeed peaking in early 2022.

— Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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