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

Jackson, who was already getting tagged as a sexist hothead in GOP ads, hasn’t really tried to soften his image.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Hamilton campaign ads have highlighted the medical debt story.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ads

Noun

Cardenas in Bakersfield, for example, said he has been inundated with Valadao campaign advertisements but knows little about Villegas.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Watch for unusual phone behavior An infected phone may show signs such as unexplained mobile data usage, excessive background activity, unexpected advertisements or apps appearing without your permission.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertisements

Noun

Two Democratic political organizations are running adverts on the House’s bill to ban congressional stock trading, criticizing a Republican over the vote while commending a Democrat running in a different district for supporting the bill.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of adverts

Noun

Given this, future Nobel Prize October announcements may provide the bellwether for America’s stature or decline in the scientific world.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Despite the multiple press conferences and announcements, his administration placed fewer students in early childhood programs this year than his predecessor.

— Ciara Jackson, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of announcements

Noun

The next email had a slick poster promoting the Zoom event, with the book cover as the backdrop and blurbs from the Economist and other publications.

— Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026
Pique, a digital newsletter of mostly photos and short blurbs that publishes monthly.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

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