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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
publicize
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
▪ Tijuana's reputation for drug-related homicides was reinforced last year by several highly publicized cases.
▪ The highly publicized abortion debate overshadowed the rest of the platform that calls for a smorgasbord of constitutional amendments.
▪ That question appears to lie at the heart of the highly publicized battle raging between Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc.
▪ Two recent, highly publicized events have helped to bring the literacy crisis to the national attention.
▪ They changed the subject by noting their prosecution of some highly publicized cases against the Klan and other white supremacist organizations.
▪ The new regime immediately began to review Davis's many highly publicized deals and were not pleased With the Stax agreement.
▪ Their highly publicized forays energized and emboldened the Catholic Right.
well
▪ Complement: Well publicized the book was.
widely
▪ There had been pressure enough coming into the Sydney Games surrounding her widely publicized goal of winning five gold medals.
▪ Their trip was widely publicized in the press and everybody in the country seemed to know about it.
▪ Each side exaggerated and widely publicized the acts of barbarism and cruelty committed by the opponent.
■ NOUN
case
▪ One well-publicized case was the murder in 1990 of Karunamoi Sardar, a landless woman protester.
▪ Tijuana's reputation for drug-related homicides was reinforced last year by several highly publicized cases.
▪ Her friends in the West were told that she would be beaten until they stopped publicizing her case.
▪ They changed the subject by noting their prosecution of some highly publicized cases against the Klan and other white supremacist organizations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A good estate agent will know the best ways to publicize the fact that your home is for sale.
▪ A series of articles and television shows publicized concerns that the chemical Alar, used to keep apples red and firm, could cause cancer.
▪ a well-publicized case
▪ Hollywood gossips were saying that the studio lacked the funds to publicize its new film properly.
▪ Jurors were asked what they knew about the highly publicized case.
▪ Orlov spent seven years in prison for publicizing human-rights violations.
▪ Rumors should be investigated, not publicized.
▪ She did a series of interviews to publicize her new book.
▪ The parade was well publicized, and thousands of people came to see it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ According to her publicists, who had little else except her lubricious reputation to publicize, they measured 40 inches.
▪ All three, although publicized last week, date to a conference held last October, the paper said.
▪ But Margo turned the finest trick of her life when she turned this prurient interest back on itself to publicize the convention.
▪ Except in so far as they publicized opinion poll findings, television projections of party credibility did not dictate public perceptions.
▪ That in October give mail renewal letters publicizing winter market and Christmas party.
▪ Two recent, highly publicized events have helped to bring the literacy crisis to the national attention.
▪ Xerox placed a few Altos in the Carter White House, but did not publicize the enthusiastic reaction.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
publicize

1902; see public (adj.) + -ize. Related: Publicized; publicizing.

Wiktionary
publicize

vb. (context American spelling English) (alternative spelling of publicise English)

WordNet
publicize

  1. v. make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn: publicise, air, bare]

  2. call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" [syn: advertise, advertize, publicise]

Usage examples of "publicize".

Dubois recieved thousands of signed pledges from scientists from every corner of the earth, which were promptly publicized the world over.

At most government locations, the unclassified publicized mission of the base is perfectly accurate, and there is truly nothing to hide.

To the Reverend Richard Price in London, who had preached a widely publicized sermon in support of what was happening in France, Adams acknowledged feeling a sense of satisfaction and triumph in the revolution.

I had been on it once, and caused a nasty scene by calling Adlai Stevenson a professional liar when all the other guests were there to publicize some kind of Stevenson Memorial.

Instead of publicizing the mystery of a vanished truck and driver, the newspapers agreed that no truck had driven up to Beaverwood the night when some practical joker claimed to have seen a detour sign on the valley road.

Our burnups, misfires, explosions, fizzles, and lost or wayward vehicles are well publicized.

He could easily publicize the event as a respected academic, a creative meritocrat of the grand old style being bullied by the effete and cruel gentry.

The rally had been well publicized, and Obie has been monitoring all communications channels.

The Regals never publicized any action of theirs that might be construed as a punishment.

We could foster attempts on lives of Cuban refugees in the United States even to the extent of wounding in instances to be widely publicized.

Publicized contactees like Woodrow Derenberger receive the full treatment.

In a widely publicized remark during the primary debates, Bush said the most important philosopher to him was Jesus Christ.

Reverend Richard Price in London, who had preached a widely publicized sermon in support of what was happening in France, Adams acknowledged feeling a sense of satisfaction and triumph in the revolution.

Now that the BSO strategy has been publicized, lots of very lonely guys are probably heading for the Fort Lauderdale airport in the hopes of being frisked, and frisked slowly, by Lt.

Black abolitionists, less publicized, were the backbone of the antislavery movement.