How to Use commercial in a Sentence

commercial

1 of 2 adjective
  • Their music is too commercial.
  • The average American sees and hears thousands of commercial messages each day.
  • The aircraft took to the skies for its first commercial flight last May.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Attacks on commercial ships in the region have increased, which the Houthi rebels say is in support of the people of Gaza.
    Hala Gorani, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Thriving in commercial country music is a bit of a tightrope walk.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 27 June 2023
  • There are also commercial flights from Pokhara except in the monsoon.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2023
  • France’s leading commercial network TF1 has pre-bought the movie and is co-producing it.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2023
  • Dufour fired up a commercial dough sheeter (like a mangle for pastry).
    Nina Mesfin, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The truck was towing a large commercial lawnmower which turned over during the crash, causing a gasoline leak that caught on fire.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
  • But limits were placed on the company’s commercial life.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Two other vehicles and the commercial semi-tractor truck collided, causing the truck to go over and dangle off the side of the bridge.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Starlink is the satellite-broadband unit of Musk’s SpaceX, which dominates the market for commercial space launch.
    Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Brooks said MacFarlane was among the first deaf people in Vermont to get a commercial driver’s license.
    Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • In 2023, there are plenty of fans who consider this kind of commercial exposure a net positive for the genre.
    Brendan Menapace, Spin, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Right, to the private aviation terminal across the runway from the commercial airline gates.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The company teased a pair of new vehicles at an investor event in March, with one appearing to be a smaller car and the other, a small commercial truck.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The prairie isn’t doing well either, abutted by commercial farms and subjected to the runoff of their agrochemicals.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That will allow a decrease in state sales tax businesses must pay on payments made to rent or lease of commercial property.
    Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
  • However, not everyone in the commercial real estate space believes the recent AI boom is enough to revive the city.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 10 July 2023
  • Hybrid Air Vehicles plans for this to be the first of many Airlanders for both luxury and commercial air travel.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
  • An image taken from a surveillance video shows three Iranian vessels near a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz last month.
    Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ, 21 July 2023
  • Use a commercial product available at hardware and houseware stores.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Fay Martin said her son, Ryan, a commercial electrician, was prescribed opioid painkillers for a work injury.
    Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Cordella was a founding member of Peacock’s launch team and worked as both the hub’s chief commercial officer and chief revenue officer.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Kashuk’s bagels rely on commercial yeast but get chilled for a slow rise, resulting in that satisfying crackle of fine bubbles right under the skin.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
  • The chartreuse and violet color mix, the pattern play on the trench coat, the gorgeous draping of the dress—all of it feels wearable and commercial without sacrificing the designer’s own artistry.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 15 June 2023
  • The ship observed at least one ballistic missile fire and land in the vicinity of a civilian commercial vessel, the Unity Explorer.
    NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Its fleets in Dallas, Houston, and Miami, where Cruise has been preparing for commercial launches, will no longer hit the road without humans in the driver’s seat.
    WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Another feature that makes this steam cleaner a top choice for commercial use is the 18-foot power cord paired with a 10-foot hose for spanning bigger rooms, like offices or workshops.
    Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2023
  • Last month, Eli Lilly released a commercial ahead of the 2024 Oscars criticizing people in Hollywood who are misusing their weight loss drugs.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
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commercial

2 of 2 noun
  • The units above the ground greatly impact the success of the commercial on the ground.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Rain and wife, actor, Kim Tae Hee on the set of a joint commercial.
    Liz Calvario, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Though not open, the poster said a commercial was being filmed.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Most of those Prime Video users are expected to let the commercials roll.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The commercial is set in a speakeasy, filled with partygoers and a band.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Every player on the team seems to star in some commercial.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Fans of the actors, meantime, can see the full commercials and campaigns on Dicks.com.
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The sweet appearance came after a busy week for the star, who filmed two commercials filled with stylish looks.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 July 2023
  • There was even a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial with Ben Affleck.
    Maya Salam, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • For Cary, a callback for a role in a commercial as a guy who catches a whiff of a fart at a party counted as a big break.
    Time, 29 June 2023
  • Kelly has also lent her face to many brands and commercials.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In the first commercial, the six-armed alien shows up and grabs the basket holding Ronald McDonald’s picnic.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The commercial also features clips of Haley on the campaign trail.
    Greg Hyatt, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The commercial will air again on Wednesday night, when the final reunion episode airs on Bravo.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • But this was a decade-long relationship where David Foulds and I worked back-to-back on a whole bunch of Pepsi commercials.
    Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The Blue Lagoon actress, 58, then revealed that her mom had kept three of the original pairs featured in the commercial.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • His first order of business is starring in a TV commercial.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Touts, the yelling men who would give out 1-900 numbers promising to tell you the right side to bet on in the Dolphins-Bills game, were once relegated to late-night commercials.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
  • He was discovered at 10 years old at a skate park and invited to skate for the Vans PeeWee team and star in a commercial for the shoe company.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • At the age of 3, Whitaker started doing TV commercials.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Hudson asked her guest, fellow actor Joey Lawrence, about being paid for his work in commercials as a child.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Por Osos is also set to launch a new commercial, which the company shared with THR (below).
    Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In February, he was seen working the window at a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru in Massachusetts for a commercial for the chain.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The cliffs, some more than 300 feet straight up, star in car commercials and TV shows, the edge-of-seat finales of action movies and, in real life, serve as the perfect takeoff point for paragliders.
    Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • The typical way to do that is to charge advertisers a high sum to put their commercials in front of large, live audiences.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • Some went to the fund’s lenders, and billions were spent on sponsorships, commercials and loans to top executives.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Netflix at the time didn’t sell ads against its programming, and Nielsen ratings are built to measure people who see commercials.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
  • This tells me Kelce's purpose was perhaps larger than just doing a beer commercial.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • What there wasn’t, however, was any overt sense that this irresistible short film happened to be, in fact, a soda commercial.
    Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And that would be for less advertising, less commercials.
    Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024

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