How to Use pay-per-view in a Sentence

pay-per-view

noun
Definition of pay-per-viewnext
  • The games in this league would have been broadcast on pay-per-view.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The main and co-main event make for a strong pair of fights atop UFC 311 ‘s pay-per-view card.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Check out the full card below, and stream UFC 300 on pay-per-view here.
    — Rudie Obias, Variety, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Check out the full card below, and stream UFC 301 on pay-per-view here.
    — Rudie Obias, Variety, 4 May 2024
  • The Father’s Day 100 will be streamed on a pay-per-view basis on midwesttour.tv, racingamerica.tv and tracktv.com.
    — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
  • The middle prelims start at 8 p.m. ET, and the main card, which is the pay-per-view portion, starts at 10 p.m. ET.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • How much do Jones-Pettis tickets and pay-per-view cost?
    — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The first pay-per-view of the year finished with an entertaining main card.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • These battles are presented for the world as pay-per-view sports.
    — Giri Nathan, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That fight could wind up being a main event scrap on a Fight Night card or a part of a pay-per-view later this year.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Rogan said on the pay-per-view broadcast when Trump walked into the arena.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • While Smackdown is available to watch for free, the WWE still has a number of events on its pay-per-view schedule.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Rosas did not let that decision loss, which came on the pay-per-view portion of UFC 287, get him down or stick with him.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The boxing match is streamable online as a pay-per-view event for $74.95 for Prime Video subscribers.
    — Rudie Obias, Variety, 15 June 2024
  • The country hosts — in what feels like the final boss of late-stage capitalism — pay-per-view WWE events.
    — Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 1 Dec. 2023
  • But the poetry of the bout itself doesn’t always sell pay-per-view packages.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Twitter users dropped jokes about a possible pay-per-view fight.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
  • And that is now the highest-grossing digital pay-per-view of all time and the sixth highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • This event is streaming on ESPN+ with pay-per-view access, which goes for $79.99 for subscribers only.
    — Rudie Obias, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The match was a WrestleMania exclusive until 2010, when Money in the Bank got its own pay-per-view.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • Unlike pay-per-view events, the boxing event is available to stream online free for ESPN+ subscribers.
    — Rudie Obias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Beginning in late 2025, AEW pay-per-view events will be available for purchase via Max.
    — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The pay-per-view event will also be available on demand for a couple of days following the performance.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Depending on the popularity of the fight, the bar will host viewers upstairs, or have a cover charge for pay-per-view events that air in the entire bar.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Several of his songs have been themes of pay-per-views, including at WrestleMania 34.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • His quiet demeanor doesn’t allow the causal boxing fan to push the button to invest financially on a high pay-per-view event.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, tax revenues totaled in excess of $1.4 million sourced to sales, ticket and pay-per-view taxes.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Maybe a money-minded promoter will crib from the gladiator days: Sign up now to watch the world champ fight a frothing lion on pay-per-view!
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The film itself, out of circulation since that initial one-week pay-per-view window, will become available for rental and download for the first time in June, as well.
    — Chris Willman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The pay-per-view business is a very lucrative, lucrative business.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024

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