How to Use advertorial in a Sentence

advertorial

noun
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  • For the advertorial, Selena keeps things sporty, and was photographed wearing the shoes with a black Puma sweatsuit.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Nonsocial native—such as advertorials, in-feed units in news apps and rewarded video in gaming apps—is making up a greater share of native ad spend.
    — Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • But 81 percent of the advertorials, messages that reached millions of people, expressed doubt.
    — Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The Chinese-language forum Chi Huo has captured the attention of expats with its mix of reader content and advertorial.
    — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • One advertorial for an erectile dysfunction supplement features the image of a human hand holding what looks like a phallus emerging from a shell.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 17 May 2017
  • Mega-influencers, whose followers start in the low millions, can command tens of thousands for a single advertorial image.
    — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Indeed, the Harvard study found that some of the advertorials — 12 percent — acknowledged the human contribution to global warming.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2017
  • But many people on social media called out a number of the advertorials that seemingly used an activist aesthetic to pander to a more socially aware audience.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Tellingly, this is an instructional video rather than an advertorial.
    — Jon Kelvey, Slate Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017
  • They advertorials appeared in other newspapers as well, and Mr. Schmertz made scores of television appearances.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Colin's decision marked a nationwide show of support, with others also choosing not to stand during the anthem; some criticized the decision, and later pledged not to support Nike after the company chose Colin for its advertorial.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 2 July 2019
  • Although few public-relations specialists today would take as abrasive a tack as Mr. Schmertz sometimes did, the modern media landscape is full of advertiser-influenced or controlled content that calls to mind his early forays into advertorials.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Others, which mine inconsequential information about obscure start-ups, stink strongly of advertorials.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Journals including Science and Nature run advertorials that feature academic and company labs and even individual researchers.
    — Jop De Vrieze, Science | AAAS, 14 Mar. 2018

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