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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 United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a research tool that publicizes the status of freedoms and threats to civil liberties worldwide.
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
The Space Force did not publicize the spacecraft's return ahead of time, keeping with the Pentagon's policy of secrecy surrounding the X-37B program.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
Authorities likely didn’t feel much angst about publicizing their deaths.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 51, is married to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the throne, and the palace publicized her diagnosis of the condition in October 2018.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
The Space Force did not publicize the spacecraft's return ahead of time, keeping with the Pentagon's policy of secrecy surrounding the X-37B program.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
Authorities likely didn’t feel much angst about publicizing their deaths.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 51, is married to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the throne, and the palace publicized her diagnosis of the condition in October 2018.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicize
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While the platforms can be great ways to learn more about certain conditions or treatments, a new study found that many influencers are promoting medical tests that could do more harm than good.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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Many who had worked for the agencies for years and had recently been promoted were fired because of their probationary status.—
Dua Anjum,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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In 2015, Kobe Bryant announced his retirement in The Players’ Tribune.—
Doug Haller,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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In December, the President of the European Commission announced that new legislation will be introduced to reduce the requirements of the CSRD and CSDDD.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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That suggests at least some hedge funds had to unwind short sales—when shares are sold on a bet that the seller can buy them back at a lower price, pocketing the difference as profit.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit mentions that the organization sells $1 billion of cookies annually and that the desserts are marketed to and sold by children.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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This story was originally published March 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2025
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This story was originally published March 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
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When Lawrence declares the Cowboys as a team that isn’t going to win a Super Bowl in the next few years — Lawrence signed a three-year deal in Seattle — the core of the team is understandably going to take offense to that.—
Saad Yousuf,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The department relieved Proctor of duty on July 1, the very same day a mistrial was declared in the Read case.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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The president has falsely proclaimed an invasion and predatory incursion to use a law written for wartime for peacetime immigration enforcement.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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For those who proclaim that everything needs to be made in America, this final journey likely symbolizes the end of a (perhaps) bygone era.—
Rick Helfenbein,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Just to give one small example: early on in the movie Bernice, who spends most of the story bedridden watching shopping channels, spots a hideous piece of clothing being advertised on television.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2025
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On Monday morning, signs began springing up outside participating delis advertising the fake egg options, like a bacon, egg and cheese.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Publicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicize. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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