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noun

Definition of broadcastnext
as in telecast

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broadcast

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verb

ˈbrȯd-ˌkast How to pronounce broadcast (audio)
1
as in to disseminate
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people broadcast the information only to people who needed to know

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2
as in to publish
to make known openly or publicly please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet

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broadcast

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adjective

as in aired

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Recent Examples of broadcast
Noun
The show will now air from inside the Coleman Coliseum on the University of Alabama’s campus and no overnight camping will be allowed for those looking to attend the broadcast, the university said. — Kate S. Petersen, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The broadcast of the game showed that the Liberty had their reset, which is a WNBA rule allowing a team to advance the ball to halfcourt without going back to its bench to huddle. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
The letter urged the stations to refrain from broadcasting the ad in Ohio. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026 Hosted by actor and influencer Nathaniel Buzolic and reporter Erin Molan, Wednesday’s event in the Israeli capital was broadcast live on dozens of television networks around the world. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Adjective
The broadcast episode of In Depth with Graham Bensinger debuts in syndication across the United States this weekend. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Feb. 2026 An impressive 86 Grammys will be handed out pre-broadcast. — Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for broadcast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadcast
  1. telecast
  2. disseminate
  3. publish
  4. published
  5. newscast
  6. propagate
  7. announce
  8. publicized
Noun
  • Russell was mentioned in that speech, but in a joking way, playing off of how frequent Oscars director Glenn Weiss, who won for his role helming the 2018 Academy Awards telecast, had used his speech to propose to his then-girlfriend.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • There’s going to be Grammy night on Dancing with the Stars, and so there’s so many other things that are going to be leading up to the Grammy telecast, and then on the telecast itself.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of telecast
Verb
  • The order and accompanying legislation must be designed so that collecting and disseminating foreign trade secrets advances defense and intelligence priorities and does not unduly distort the free market.
    — DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Additionally, when other news and media outlets republish our pieces via the Creative Commons license, our work gets disseminated widely.
    — Katrina Stack, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of disseminate
Verb
  • Their findings, published in Nature Physics, also revealed a sharp transition between chaotic and controlled quantum behavior.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Middle East Monitor, which brands itself as supportive of the Palestinian cause, had published at least 21 stories under bylines OpenAI said were fake including Hoskins, Michael Harrison, Jenny Williams and Alice Johnson.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of publish
Adjective
  • That act alone — showing an unedited, pre-published draft to one of its subjects — would get the story immediately withdrawn at most publications of the size and majesty as the one in this play.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of published
Noun
  • The Bakkers’ crash led the network newscasts and the couple became the butt of jokes on late-night TV.
    — Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The snake hunt was featured on TV newscasts and in newspaper articles.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of newscast
Verb
  • Cultivation The plant grows naturally on riverbeds, grasslands, and human-disturbed areas; it can be propagated from both seeds and stem cuttings.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Our findings raise the prospect of a new form of algorithmic profiling, in which AI systems do not simply infer sensitive characteristics from appearance but also construct and propagate visual stereotypes associated with them.
    — Ashique KhudaBukhsh, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of propagate
Verb
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions Friday, after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former judge at the ICC and other international courts.
    — MATTHEW LEE, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The Dream this month announced that the team has struck a multiyear contract to host all home games at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, beginning next season.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of announce
Adjective
  • These are two of the more publicized stories of his generosity and attachment to Louisville, but 2X says the support Miller has offered the city goes well beyond the Robertson and Tyus families.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The board of directors then pushed Haney out as CEO amid highly publicized quarreling.
    — Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of publicized

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“Broadcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadcast. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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