Thesaurus results for PUBLICITY

publicity

noun

(ˌ)pə-ˈbli-sə-tē

Definition of publicity

as in hype

information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause an endless flow of publicity for our charity event resulted in a great turnout

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Recent Examples of publicity Some officials had said the administration might have violated federal law by using taxpayer money for publicity or propaganda. — Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Cinetic Media has also been doing the publicity for the movie’s festival launch and theatrical launch, which has been a dream come true. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 The annual awards celebrate Local 600 publicists, unit still photographers, outstanding 2025 TV and film publicity campaigns, and the year’s best entertainment journalists. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Despite widespread criticism from fellow Republicans, French had refused to take the viral post down and instead attempted to raise funds off the publicity. — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for publicity

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Noun

While the game lived up to the hype, the quarterbacks did not.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Geese had an atypical, if kind of old-fashioned, run on the hype train for a young rock band.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hype

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In April, the Senate Leadership Fund announced a record $342 million advertising program across eight states designed to protect the GOP majority and expand the map.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
In fact, his language has been so thoroughly absorbed by advertising, fashion, design, merchandising, that all visual culture arguably owes him a debt.

— Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertising

Noun

This allowed the attackers to display Bing's legitimate domain in the Google advertisement while using Bing's click-tracking redirect to send visitors toward the malicious destination.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
However, TikTok and X have refused to change their stance, and neither platform has allowed paid advertisements for the film.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of advertisement

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