advertising
noun
ad·ver·tis·ing
Definition of advertising
1
: the action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements
2
: advertisements
a magazine full of advertising
3
: the business of preparing advertisements for publication or broadcast
looking for a job in advertising
Examples of advertising in a Sentence
He is looking for a job in advertising.
Recent Examples on the Web
Members get all of our content (including the magazine), no paywalls or content meters, an advertising-minimal experience, and unique access to our writers and editors (conference calls, social-media groups, etc.). — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "Israel’s Good and Bad New Realities," 3 Sep. 2019 Schiff also reiterated the company's calls for regulation of online political advertising. — Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, "Facebook Tightens Political Ad Rules—But There Are Loopholes," 28 Aug. 2019 Now those measures are increasingly expanding outside of advertising. — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, "The Android 10 Privacy and Security Upgrades You Should Know About," 22 Aug. 2019 The awards annually feature in millions of dollars’ worth of advertising. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "Pickups, electric vehicles in fierce competition for year’s best vehicles," 10 Aug. 2019 What if Facebook were to, say, sell our brain data to companies for the purposes of advertising? — Sigal Samuel, Vox, "Facebook is building tech to read your mind. The ethical implications are staggering.," 5 Aug. 2019 The campaign intends to highlight low rates of African-American unemployment and the criminal justice overhaul the president signed, a measure that is already a subject of his campaign’s Facebook advertising. — Jonathan Martin, BostonGlobe.com, "Trump fuels racial disharmony. Will it motivate or discourage black voters?," 3 Aug. 2019 The campaign intends to highlight low rates of African-American unemployment and the criminal justice overhaul the president signed, a measure that is already a subject of his campaign’s Facebook advertising. — Jonathan Martin, New York Times, "Why a Race-Baiting Trump Is Courting Black Voters," 3 Aug. 2019 In a first this year, NBC Sports will sell all of its Olympic advertising on a viewer guarantee across all platforms, employing its proprietary TAD (total audience delivery) measurement tool. — Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, "NBCUniversal Expects to Rake in More Than $1.2B for 2020 Tokyo Olympics," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'advertising.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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