buildups

noun

plural of buildup
as in promotions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buildups
  1. promotions
  2. campaigns
  3. ads
  4. advertisements
  5. announcements
  6. releases
  7. boosts
  8. bulletins
Noun
  • However, there was not enough evidence to draw clear conclusions on whether free drug samples and other promotions affect decisions to place specific drugs on hospital formularies.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
  • For generations, the series showed, white men had dominated the department, while Black and women firefighters had been ostracized and put in danger, shut out of the most desirable fire stations and passed over for promotions.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of promotions
Noun
  • The question also raised the recent spread of controversies over individual films into attacks on cast and crew and campaigns to halt screenings.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • These differentiators are not novel, but in my experience they are often overlooked or underleveraged in community bank marketing campaigns.
    — Brian Reilly, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of campaigns
Noun
  • Co-existence with extraterrestrials has seen humans revert to old habits of prejudice and apartheid; crime and corruption are rampant as ever; pop-up ads now irksomely manifest as holograms in your personal space.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Meta has banned ads from TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance across the US and several other countries as the rivalry between the major social media operators heats up, as reported earlier by Bloomberg.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of ads
Noun
  • Around $40 million in Republican spending has gone toward negative advertisements, compared to only around $20 million from Democrats.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Around $40 million in Republican spending has gone toward negative advertisements, compared with around $20 million from Democrats.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of advertisements
Noun
  • Amid the backlash, the White House has defended the television spots as public service announcements meant to educate voters and promote patriotism.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The announcements of this year's prizes began Monday with the Nobel Prize in medicine being awarded to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of announcements
Noun
  • Industry analysts observe that if market participants believed crude transport could permanently rely on rerouting, alternative ports, and emergency reserve releases, oil prices should have pulled back meaningfully.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • These releases were often filled with field recordings and improvisations, prioritizing the glimpse into the artist’s mind over the rigors of craft.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of releases
Noun
  • There are odds boosts and parlay boosts from theScore Bet offered regularly.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Its exclusive coverage of the wild card round (which aired on ESPN and ABC from 2022 to ’25) will deliver boosts to the broadcast network and streaming flagship Peacock.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of boosts
Noun
  • Also on Wednesday, the BBC Sport unit told employees about plans to make redundancies and cut sports bulletins on its news channel.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Prospective intelligence automates the monitoring of payer bulletins, regulatory guidance and coding updates to identify what is supposed to change.
    — Terry Goertz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bulletins
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