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a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest
did you see the ads in the paper for cheap round-trip flights to Florida?
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Recent Examples of ad
An undercover deputy was behind the fake ad, though, police said.
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Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
The ad in the MLA job list named five fields, and candidates had to have two of them.
—Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 1 May 2026
According to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, the EPC has spent more than $566,000 in digital ads in Colorado since late January, and that total doesn’t include the lobbyists the opponents have hired.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Certain graphics on this page may be affected by ad-blocking software.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
The ad in the MLA job list named five fields, and candidates had to have two of them.
—Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 1 May 2026
According to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, the EPC has spent more than $566,000 in digital ads in Colorado since late January, and that total doesn’t include the lobbyists the opponents have hired.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Certain graphics on this page may be affected by ad-blocking software.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ad
Noun
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San Diego had the most open advertisements, with 1,727.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Commercial news bulletins are generally shorter than news bulletins on public or community stations and can also feature advertisements and jingles.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
Noun
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With Tony Award nominations for the 2025-2026 season a week away (announcements are on Tuesday, May 5), now might be a good time to refresh your memory of what Deadline had to say about the fruits of a very busy Broadway spring.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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Their announcement was a departure from what has been the more typically adversarial relationship between Mamdani and Menin, who stand on different ends of the Democratic Party spectrum and have developed mostly antagonistic positions in the city’s budget process.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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