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infomercial

[in-fuh-mur-shuhl, -foh-] / ˌɪn fəˈmɜr ʃəl, -foʊ- /
NOUN
full-length television program existing solely to market a product
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The Reckitt hosts respond rapidly, a sort of interactive infomercial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

US media has been less enthusiastic in its reviews, with The Atlantic calling the documentary a "disgrace" and the Variety trade magazine describing it as a "shameless infomercial."

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

One of the first was “American Gigolo,” a 1980 film that has often been compared to an infomercial for Armani menswear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

Our ground-level view looked like something far more ordinary: a two-hour and 21-minute Blue Origin infomercial populated with a curated celebrity-heavy crew.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025

It was like a stupid infomercial that was on repeat in her head.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Yes, you’re getting a glorified ad for a tech company, but this wasn’t going to have the uncanny-valley, human-repelling motifs so common in all the other infomercials for A.I. products.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

They tap into the latest methods — radio, television, 1-800 numbers, billboards, bus stop benches and infomercials — to burn their brands into consumers’ consciousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

Miranda likes to rub Vaseline on her hands and put them inside luxury conditioning gloves while watching infomercials, while Charlotte loves to study her pores in a magnifying mirror for one whole hour every night.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025

Because many infomercials during this time mimicked talk shows and investigative news specials, consumers began to distrust the industry when they were misled or promised things that never materialized.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025

We entered Wal-Mart together and picked up that thing from infomercials called The Club, which locks a car’s steering wheel into place.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green


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