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as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the movie studios widely publicized their summer blockbusters
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as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
the city hasn't done a good job of publicizing the new regulations for its recycling operation
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Recent Examples of publicize
The allegations were publicized in a bombshell report by The New York Times the next day.
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Which dance is not widely known or publicized in advance.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
And yet, despite it all, the label ultimately failed to sufficiently publicize their album.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Not every library publicizes its year-end borrowing data, and there's no master list released by the American Library Association.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
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Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Which dance is not widely known or publicized in advance.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
And yet, despite it all, the label ultimately failed to sufficiently publicize their album.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
Not every library publicizes its year-end borrowing data, and there's no master list released by the American Library Association.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicize
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An initiative that was promoted for years as a civil-rights cause—helping poor kids in troubled schools—is threatening to become a nationwide money grab.Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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This includes promoting work-life balance, providing mental health support and implementing programs that nurture growth to ensure employees feel valued, supported and empowered.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the equivalent of three full-time fire department positions — likely non-firefighter staff members — are slated to be among 91 or so layoffs expected to soon be announced.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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The changes announced Saturday didn't apply to UCLA Health or health care staff, Frenk said.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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Important here: Producers could comply by not selling into California.William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The selected artist will have the opportunity to create a special photography project to be published in the print edition of Vogue Ukraine in 2025.PhotoVogue, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
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Only Frontier Airlines had a worse showing in the U.S., Cirium said in a report published Thursday.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s election and the activism of conservative investors have many experts declaring that DEI is dead.Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Decades before sanctuary cities became a vigorous partisan debate, Sacramento declared itself as one of the first in America.Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Houthis, a rebel faction from Yemen's northern mountains that took over much of the country a decade ago, proclaimed their maritime campaign in protest of Israel's war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, marking the day in 1865 when freedom was proclaimed in Texas.David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Beginning in 1992, the Ontological-Hysteric occupied an upper chamber of the beautiful St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, and Foreman advertised his yearly shows there with blizzards of black-and-white posters, which were wheat-pasted all over the Village every winter.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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Driving over the Bay Bridge into the city, billboard after billboard advertised AI products and services.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Publicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicize. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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