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[ad-vurt] / ædˈvɜrt /


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The ASA received four complaints about the advert, which challenged whether the content was irresponsible.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Speaking to BBC News, Mullen confessed the infamous wanted advert had been his father's idea all along.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He answered an advert on a college noticeboard for a drummer to join a band called Smile that included Brian May.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

A TikTok advert for the scheme tells viewers it offers passengers TfW's "best value fare".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

I did not know whether I could bear to speak to one who would advert to her.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Premature is the first feature film Kevin has directed, having worked on short films and adverts in the past.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Later, when the BBC asked Meta for comment, it said it had already disabled several adverts and suspended the accounts posting them.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The agency advertised the events as taking place in Saint Petersburg's Gazprom Arena, with the stadium itself sharing adverts for the upcoming concert on its Telegram account.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Regular clips include men and women competing in various golf challenges, while Good Good also creates made-for-TV shows as well as adverts for golf clothing and other merchandise.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

We'd miss the adverts and Coming Soons, but a lady with a torch'd show us our seats for the film.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

On his person he bore the marks of these perils of the laboratory; but they were little heeded by him, and, when adverted to, always afforded him the occasion of some good-humoured pleasantry.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2015

I'm not certain how disaster can be adverted when an inferior service will cost more money.

From Economist ● Dec. 14, 2013

It was strange she never once adverted either to her mother’s illness, or her brother’s death, or the present gloomy state of the family prospects.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Two things in this part of the chapter have yet to be adverted to.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie

To resume the thread of our narrative—Lucinda being one morning on a visit to her friend Miss Delwin, the latter adverted to the failure of the annual dancing party.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

The decline in ratings has put pressure on adverting dollars as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the consortium, welcomed the delay on adverting rules as "one less distraction" for companies looking to focus on keeping prices down.

From BBC ● May 14, 2022

The human element in this example could have played multiple factors in adverting the breach or at the very least discovered it a lot sooner.

From Forbes ● Jan. 5, 2015

Much of this tracking is for adverting purposes: to collect data on you to show you more relevant ads.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2013

Without adverting for a second to the measure in debate, he launched forth into a most violent invective on his adversary.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever




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