1
as in to disseminate
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
broadcast the information only to people who needed to know
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2
as in to publish
to make known openly or publicly
please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet
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as in aired
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as in telecast
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Recent Examples of broadcast
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Here’s one of many considerations for the broadcast moment of the year:
San Francisco gets righties Marcus Stroman and Will Warren on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Sanchez was in Indianapolis to work as an analyst on FOX Sports’ broadcast of the Indianapolis Colts game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Images broadcast online show queues outside banks as customers tried to withdraw cash.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Of course, with a broadcast social network like X, everyone is both a patron and an owner of sorts.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Here’s one of many considerations for the broadcast moment of the year:
San Francisco gets righties Marcus Stroman and Will Warren on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
As the broadcast panned to Dart’s family, his mother appeared to steal the show away from the former Ole Miss standout on social media.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Sanchez was in Indianapolis to work as an analyst on FOX Sports’ broadcast of the Indianapolis Colts game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
Season 27, episode 2 of the crime procedural featured distinct endings on NBC and on Peacock, and neither platform featured the footage that was broadcast on the other in the show's closing moments.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Images broadcast online show queues outside banks as customers tried to withdraw cash.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadcast
Verb
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Carter Braxton Worth,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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In all such cases, experts have worried that, although such disinformation might ultimately be corrected, there might not be sufficient time to get the word out, especially if AI fakes are disseminated very close to a key electoral moment — a kind of last-minute surprise.—
John Wihbey,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The special, which will premiere in 2026, comes in the wake of Glaser becoming the first female solo host of a Golden Globe Awards telecast, and being asked to return to emcee the popular film and TV awards ceremony for January 2026.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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The previous instance came when Luke Bryan took the reins alone for the 2021 telecast.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, the study of wave-like phenomena can be traced back to early experiments done in the 1600s with water waves by pioneers like Christiaan Huygens, who understood that all waves could be treated as superpositions of many circular waves, propagating outward, all together.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
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The idea propagated by Saturday Night Live skits and sitcom one-liners that Lilith Fair was a misandrist showcase for joyless, hormonal angst was totally alien to accounts of what being there actually felt like.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Blumhouse announced at CinemaCon 2024 that a sequel to Five Nights at Freddy’s was coming in 2025.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2025
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The new boat will meet boaters in the water to empty their waste holding tanks for free, the city announced Thursday.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fowler evidently clipped them from published sources, mainly newspapers, an amazing feat in the pre-internet age.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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In a published obituary, his family said the boy had attended school at Success Academy in Sacramento and was enrolled at Tully C. Knoles School in Stockton when the deadly shooting occurred.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But on Tuesday, Senate Democrats were throwing hardballs at Attorney General Pam Bondi, and CNN and MSNBC were covering it live, and then the evening newscasts all ran stories.—
Tim Graham,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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The former anchor was forced to leave her job earlier this year amid a broader rethinking of the evening newscast spearheaded by then-network president Wendy McMahon.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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These swells are expected to spread toward the Turks and Caicos Islands and Bahamas tonight and on Saturday.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Broadcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadcast. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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