How to Use ad blocker in a Sentence

ad blocker

noun
  • Try turning off your ad blocker.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Try turning off your ad blocker.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Try turning off your ad blocker.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Try turning off your ad blocker.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Try turning off your ad blocker.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This isn’t its first attempt at curbing ad blockers on the platform.
    — Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 May 2024
  • YouTube has also been cracking down on using ad blockers to dodge ads.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Google also wants to cripple ad blockers on Chrome sometime this year.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2023
  • And plenty of people use ad blockers on the web, Zuckerman points out.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Download an ad blocker that prohibits ads from appearing on your browser.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
  • The ad blocker visibly did its job, removing inline ads, popup ads, slide-in ads, and more.
    — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In recent months, the company has been cracking down on ad blockers on YouTube in a big way.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Ad-free streaming services like Netflix were booming and ad blockers for the web were thriving.
    — Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Don't be surprised if your ad blocker suddenly stops working on YouTube.
    — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
  • There’s an ad blocker to cut down on intrusive ads and malware protection to help keep your devices safe from online threats.
    — Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
  • YouTube is throwing a major wrench into video playback for viewers who are using ad blockers.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 29 June 2023
  • YouTube has been at war with ad blockers for quite some time now and has employed various tactics to keep users off those extensions.
    — Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 May 2024
  • In its Monday blog post, YouTube says ad blockers violate its terms of service.
    — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser.
    — sfchronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser.
    — sfchronicle.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser.
    — sfchronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser.
    — sfchronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser.
    — sfchronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser.
    — sfchronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser.
    — sfchronicle.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Most ad blockers only scratch the surface, leaving loopholes for trackers and advertisers to slip through.
    — New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2025
  • This ad blocker gives you back a clean, quiet internet without subscriptions or recurring fees.
    — PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Turning off ad blockers largely fixes these issues, though ad blockers have also done a pretty decent job of adapting.
    — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 14 June 2024
  • In fact, 99% of Gen-Z consumers will skip an ad if given the option, and nearly two-thirds use ad blockers.
    — Jennifer Acree, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • If portions of the page appear blank and an ad blocker is enabled, please disable the ad blocker and refresh the page to ensure full access to the content.
    — Austin Mock, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025

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