Thesaurus results for SHILL

shill

noun

Definition of shill

as in promoter

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Recent Examples of shill Immediately after Aldean’s second opening act Nate Smith’s performance, Aldean popped up on the screens to shill for the company in a prerecorded ad. — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 In this unfortunate category, Amazon’s new feature for generating mini-podcast segments that shill for products on its shopping platform really takes the cake. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026 The four prominent columnists who only resigned from the Jewish Chronicle after it was caught publishing fabrications might always be remembered as shills for a genocidal regime. — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 When Biden considered appointing Susan Davies, a former deputy White House counsel under President Obama, to the Justice Department’s top antitrust post, a slew of articles savaged her as a corporate shill. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for shill

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Noun

Elsie Peacock Hand has been a mayor, bank vice president, country music promoter, and longtime political aide and booster, Patricia Murphy writes.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Other guests in attendance include AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron, Steven Spielberg, Bob Iger, Dana Walden, Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge, Republic Records founders Monte and Avery Lipman and Swift’s longtime tour promoter Louie Messina.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 July 2026

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Owala 16-Ounce Water Bottle Finding a water bottle for my kid that is easy to close, doesn’t have a silicone straw or mouthpiece, and doesn’t leak has been a journey.

— Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Udonis Haslem was suspended Game 2 after throwing his mouthpiece in the series opener.

— James Jackson, New York Times, 20 June 2026