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information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause
an endless flow of publicity for our charity event resulted in a great turnout
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Recent Examples of publicity
The case received extra publicity because Armstead and his family had attempted numerous times to alert police to an ongoing harassment and vandalism campaign against them by Thomas, which culminated with the murder.
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
The health problems that led to the amputation were unclear.
Notorious for his publicity blitz before his sons were drafted into the NBA, Ball had largely avoided the spotlight in recent years.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025
Everton, who The Athletic understands intend to retain a partnership with Stake that ends in the summer of 2026, held discussions with the company this week amid the blaze of negative publicity.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, there have been many articles and books commemorating the milestone; one of the latter made headlines Friday for a publicity gaffe involving Tina Fey and Jon Hamm.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
The health problems that led to the amputation were unclear.
Notorious for his publicity blitz before his sons were drafted into the NBA, Ball had largely avoided the spotlight in recent years.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025
Everton, who The Athletic understands intend to retain a partnership with Stake that ends in the summer of 2026, held discussions with the company this week amid the blaze of negative publicity.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, there have been many articles and books commemorating the milestone; one of the latter made headlines Friday for a publicity gaffe involving Tina Fey and Jon Hamm.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicity
Noun
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There has been a lot of hype around the Tar Heels program following the hiring of Belichick.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The two-year rally in Big Tech, propelled by artificial intelligence hype, could be hitting a ceiling as firms pivot from raw compute power to efficiency.—
Dan Irvine,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That offset advertising revenue dropping to $34.3 million, compared to a year earlier $39 million.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Anthropic's model has expanded far beyond Alexa within Amazon and is helping to drive product search and advertising as well, the person said.—
Kate Rooney,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps the best advertisement for U.S.A.I.D. is that autocrats tend to hate it.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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Simply put, organic marketing refers to marketing strategies that attract customers without paying third parties for advertisements.—
Ines Nasri,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Publicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicity. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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