billed
Example Sentences
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During the appearance, they were billed as Jackson’s secret “second family” and said that they were reluctant to come forward but wanted to “show the world who Michael really was.”
From Los Angeles Times
The by-election was billed as a key strategic test for Labour, in a largely working-class suburb of Manchester that also contains a large number of students and a big Muslim population.
From BBC
The multi-million pound project in Aberdeen - involving 25 buses - was meant to be the future of clean public transportation, with the city billed as the global hub for hydrogen-powered buses.
From BBC
He billed it as a truthful account of events; yet Lewis used leading language like “supernatural,” and “haunt,” in addition to, “murder.”
From Literature
The expansion in 2008 was billed as an emergency measure, and it transformed the way the financial system operates.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
