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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.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commercials
Noun
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Both of those are on the Criterion Channel and are also up for free on Plex with ads.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Mike Cook, head of fraud insights at Socure, said new account sign-ups surged alongside the six pre-game Super Bowl ads for sports books, almost to the minute.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This website uses cookies Our Properties use cookies for the performance and functionality of our sites, to personalize content and advertisements, to provide social media features, for analytics, and to provide you with a better experience.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
13 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic used Super Bowl ads to mock OpenAI’s plans to inject advertisements into ChatGPT conversations, sparking debate about chatbots delivering ads.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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By late afternoon, the batch of flowers and hopeful messages outside Guthrie’s home had swelled, and neighbors had attached yellow ribbons to their mailboxes and trees.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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There were no additional details about the arrest and messages to Cordero's cellphone were not immediately returned.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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British people often describe American sports as too stop-start and bemoan the amount of adverts.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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To hammer the point home further, the company is releasing a Super Bowl commercial that makes fun of unnamed rivals adding adverts to their AI.—
Dominic Preston,
The Verge,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And last month was the worst January for hiring announcements since 2009, according to data from career services company Challenger, Gray & Christmas.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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But recently, the PBS Kids office has been flooded with graduation announcements.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to Nickodem, people want to be relieved of the decision of choosing a book among countless titles in a store, each one marketed with different combinations of frenetic color, fonts and dramatic blurbs.—
Jess deCourcy Hinds
February 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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The blurbs below come courtesy of the AFI Fest team.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nick Alatzakis, the district’s communications director, said after the meeting the district received numerous phone calls, emails and social media postings criticizing the walkout and the school’s participation.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The first was a search for the IP address of the person making the postings, then additional warrants seeking more information including the email and home address of that person.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The 24-year-old Sasaki threw a smooth 16 pitches, punching out the right-handed hitting Zavala, and inducing a pair of groundballs to shortstop from the lefty Kim.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The right-hander exited after a career-high six innings, allowing just one run and one hit while striking out seven with two walks on 84 pitches.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Commercials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercials. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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