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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
Dayana’s father, a math teacher—I’ll call him Juan—lobbied for her release by publicizing her case.
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security has promoted early deportation flights on military cargo planes and publicized images from enforcements raids on social media.
—Hadriana Lowenkron, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Colossal has been working toward resurrecting the mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tiger since 2021, but the company had not previously publicized its work on dire wolves.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
The Atlanta native, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, is accused of violating those terms of his probation because of a social media post that publicized the identity of a witness.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security has promoted early deportation flights on military cargo planes and publicized images from enforcements raids on social media.
—Hadriana Lowenkron, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Colossal has been working toward resurrecting the mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tiger since 2021, but the company had not previously publicized its work on dire wolves.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
The Atlanta native, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, is accused of violating those terms of his probation because of a social media post that publicized the identity of a witness.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for publicize
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Infielder David Villar was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento to take his place.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Intended to be held over two weeks in April and May 2017, the first Fyre Festival was promoted by social media influencers like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Hailey Bieber, and ticketholders were promised acts like Blink-182 and Migos.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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One of North Crowley’s best defenders announced his next step.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2025
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This month, the United Nations World Food Program announced that the Trump administration was terminating emergency food assistance for 14 fragile countries around the world.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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To offset the tariff costs, Williams, who runs his business alone, raised the price of his game slightly on Amazon – his primary sales platform – and has already noticed the games sold at a slower pace.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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As a significant constituent of the major indices, Netflix could face selling pressure from passive investors if the markets decline further.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Shortly after the news published, Deadline reported that the core group of Huvane, Baum, Halls and Gelb have formed a new firm called Apex Public Relations.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Source: National Interagency Fire Center This story was originally published April 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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To the surprise of nobody, Obiang declared his son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the new vice-president in 2016.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Apr. 2025
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Xi Jinping has declared unification inevitable—by force if necessary.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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There are a couple of reasons why proclaiming the Good News from the Department of State’s website isn’t such good news.—
Chloe Breyer,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Cena proclaimed to a crowd at the March 24 episode of WWE Raw.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Raw also advertised an appearance by GUNTHER, Bayley vs. Liv Morgan and AJ Styles vs. Karrion Kross.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The sidewalks are packed with vendors, and merchants advertise in a host of languages, including Spanish, English and Korean.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Publicize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publicize. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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