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as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity
it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street
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as in hype
information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause
the usual ballyhoo intended to fill the seats at megaplexes around the country
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as in to acclaim
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors
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as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows
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Recent Examples of ballyhoo
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
The news has brought a sizable amount of ballyhoo.
—Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
The wanted posters began to disappear years ago with no ballyhoo.
—Bob Greene, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
Jean Smart has been enjoying much-deserved ballyhoo this spring.
—oregonlive, 25 May 2021
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This is one bit of ballyhoo that came to pass; the Pittsburgh Pirates held spring training in Paso Robles, and then San Bernardino; the Chicago White Sox in Pasadena; and the Chicago Cubs on Catalina Island.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
The news has brought a sizable amount of ballyhoo.
—Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
The wanted posters began to disappear years ago with no ballyhoo.
—Bob Greene, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
Jean Smart has been enjoying much-deserved ballyhoo this spring.
—oregonlive, 25 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballyhoo
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Washington used a different kind of commotion to catch the Falcons slipping at the end of the game, as well.Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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The girl heard the sounds of a commotion coming from a bedroom and could hear her mother yelling and pleading, a detective wrote.Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2025
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One of the functions that’s been getting a lot of hype lately is magnesium’s impact on the nervous system and sleep quality.Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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For all the hype, the exhibition floor offered little evidence of a robotics revolution.Charlie Fink, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Some of his movies are critically acclaimed; plenty have bombed, but his performances are never less than wholly committed.Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
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We were reminded of the many slick pleasures of this subgenre recently through Clint Eastwood’s elegant and widely acclaimed legal thriller Juror #2, with a stylish premise reminiscent of a Sidney Lumet and Otto Preminger picture.Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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It was later broadened with press junkets with French talent promoting their work, and was further expanded two years ago with French TV screenings and a day-long confab dedicated to export.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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False claims promoted by President-elect Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform sought to blame the Democratic Party for the wildfires.Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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The disturbance in the Polar Vortex aloft will establish extreme cold conditions.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Public intoxication: At 3:01 p.m., deputies responded to a disturbance call at the Cinnabar Winery on Big Basin Way.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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An obituary from his publicity team, 2911 Media, stated that the cause of death was complications from surgery.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Starlink is also getting additional publicity during the tragic Los Angeles fires, delivering high-bandwidth live video and audio reporting.Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Beginning in 1992, the Ontological-Hysteric occupied an upper chamber of the beautiful St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, and Foreman advertised his yearly shows there with blizzards of black-and-white posters, which were wheat-pasted all over the Village every winter.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes, synthetic identities are advertised as ways in which someone can rebuild their credit by paying just a few hundred dollars.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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Coca-Cola stopped selling its drinks to Russia but the bottler in the region, Coca-Cola Hellenic, sells a product called Dobry Cola via Multon Partners.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Ballyhoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballyhoo. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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