marketing
noun
mar·ket·ing
ˈmär-kə-tiŋ 
1
a
: the act or process of selling or purchasing in a market
did most of her marketing in local stores
b
: the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service
New automobiles are the subject of intense marketing.
2
: an aggregate (see aggregate entry 3 sense 1) of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer
The company will increase its budget for marketing.
Examples of marketing in a Sentence
The company will increase its budget for marketing.
She has a job in marketing.
She runs the company's marketing department.
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Erin Jones, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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Erin Jones, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Many observers, like The New York Times’ Silicon Valley correspondent Mike Isaac, said TBPN amounts to a form of marketing for OpenAI.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Younger consumers are drinking more deliberately, agreed Caroline Begley, vice president of marketing for Pernod Ricard USA in New York City.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Corin is also not the first to take issue with how the film’s marketing has eluded mention of the school shooting plot.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Marketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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