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commercial

[kuh-mur-shuhl] / kəˈmɜr ʃəl /




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“I believe Tom’s one of the greatest actors of our industry, but because he’s also a commercial actor, he sometimes doesn’t get the recognition he deserves,” Rice said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

But it still needs final security clearances and spectrum allocation before it can begin commercial services.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

They have also poured money into property development, building homes and commercial spaces on council-owned land leased under favourable terms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The collision on the narrow two-lane highway ignited a fire that engulfed the 17-passenger mid-sized commercial shuttle bus, which had a 50-year-old driver and five passengers onboard, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

What made the Scientific Revolution, Latour argues, is not the experimental method, or commercial society—both had been around for centuries—but the printing press, which turned private information into public knowledge, private experience into communal experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Nutella will make its Super Bowl ad debut this February in one of two big-game commercials from parent company Ferrero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Land acknowledgements statements, agnosticism, the utility of college education and mixed-race families in commercials all get a moment in the over-stuffed script by Kyle Rankin.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Slate’s three decades have seen countless beginner’s guides, staff recommendations, tabulations of game-night commercials, and “Completist” roundups of everything from Pepperidge Farm cookies to Super Bowls.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

One of its TV commercials has it sorting the user’s emails to prioritize “what’s important,” placing a carpool schedule on the family calendar, ordering school supplies and turning on her stereo for a house party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But as it happened, Lexie and Trip were so involved in a spirited argument over which guest had better hair, the drag queen or his embittered ex-wife, that no one heard the commercials.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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