publicize

verb

pub·​li·​cize ˈpə-blə-ˌsīz How to pronounce publicize (audio)
publicized; publicizing
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transitive verb

: to bring to the attention of the public : advertise

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The company neglected to publicize the side effects of the new drug. a highly publicized murder trial
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Both campaigns remain publicly confident, though neither has publicized any internal polling. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The Wildcats football team built some buzz in the last year with the stadium opening, big-name staff hirings and transfers and publicized financial commitments. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Interviews are supplemented with archival clips of Perry’s screen work and interviews, and some of the show’s most searing material is conveyed in the actor’s own (previously recorded and publicized) voice. — Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 Working with Anthropic employee Levent Alpöge, Ethan Sussman, a mathematician at Northwestern University, created and publicized a public GitHub repository to do just that. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for publicize

Word History

Etymology

public entry 1 + -ize

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of publicize was in 1832

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publicize

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pub·​li·​cize ˈpəb-lə-ˌsīz How to pronounce publicize (audio)
publicized; publicizing
: to give publicity to
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