telecast

noun

Definition of telecastnext
as in broadcast

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Recent Examples of telecast The telecast also saw declines among people between the ages of 25 and 54, the demographic most coveted by advertisers in news programming. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 Executives at the broadcast networks have groused for years that the telecast had become an advertisement for its competition, first when premium cable networks such as HBO and Showtime scored multiple wins and nominations. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Additionally, Field Pass with the Pat McAfee Show will become an alternate telecast for a number of this season’s Monday Night Football games. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 Russell was mentioned in that speech, but in a joking way, playing off of how frequent Oscars director Glenn Weiss, who won for his role helming the 2018 Academy Awards telecast, had used his speech to propose to his then-girlfriend. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 There’s going to be Grammy night on Dancing with the Stars, and so there’s so many other things that are going to be leading up to the Grammy telecast, and then on the telecast itself. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telecast
  1. broadcast
  2. newscast
  3. announcement
  4. ad
Noun
  • Russia has also publicly acknowledged the drone attack on a refinery and broadcast images on state media, breaking with its usual practice in order to play up the incident.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That includes airing ads that reference Trump on broadcast, cable and streaming nearly 180,000 times, the data shows.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of broadcast
Noun
  • The Bakkers’ crash led the network newscasts and the couple became the butt of jokes on late-night TV.
    — Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The snake hunt was featured on TV newscasts and in newspaper articles.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of newscast
Noun
  • The post came roughly seven hours after Anthropic's Sunday announcement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Leikauf’s announcement came amid a monthslong dispute with his predecessor, former Sheriff John D’Agostini, who accused him of putting his own interests ahead of the community.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of announcement
Noun
  • Miller has highlighted Poindexter's past arrests for drug possession and assault in a September campaign ad.
    — Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Before clicking, check the advertiser by selecting the three dots next to a Google search ad.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of ad

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“Telecast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telecast. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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