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[ad-vurt] / ædˈvɜrt /


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The ASA received four complaints about the advert, which challenged whether the content was irresponsible.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Speaking to BBC News, Mullen confessed the infamous wanted advert had been his father's idea all along.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He answered an advert on a college noticeboard for a drummer to join a band called Smile that included Brian May.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

British sprinter Amy Hunt says she is concerned about the controversial advert starring Sydney Sweeney being part of a "barrier" to girls' participation in sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

I did not know whether I could bear to speak to one who would advert to her.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

But that's not featured in Cabinet Office plans in the UK, which instead concentrates on telling employers to publish salary information in job adverts.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Baker said the watchdog had taken "proactive action" with its rulings, as part of a wider "zero-tolerance approach" to such adverts.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The agency advertised the events as taking place in Saint Petersburg's Gazprom Arena, with the stadium itself sharing adverts for the upcoming concert on its Telegram account.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Around 20 complainants had argued that those adverts glamorised violence and knife crime, but the watchdog ruled the imagery was highly stylised and clearly reflected the fictional nature of the film.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

And adverts are pictures or television programs to make you buy things like cars or Snickers or use an Internet Service Provider.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

On his person he bore the marks of these perils of the laboratory; but they were little heeded by him, and, when adverted to, always afforded him the occasion of some good-humoured pleasantry.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2015

I'm not certain how disaster can be adverted when an inferior service will cost more money.

From Economist ● Dec. 14, 2013

It was strange she never once adverted either to her mother’s illness, or her brother’s death, or the present gloomy state of the family prospects.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

To resume the thread of our narrative—Lucinda being one morning on a visit to her friend Miss Delwin, the latter adverted to the failure of the annual dancing party.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

In February, a pretended mysterious political plot was publicly adverted to, by the name of "The Cato-street Conspiracy."

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton

The decline in ratings has put pressure on adverting dollars as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the consortium, welcomed the delay on adverting rules as "one less distraction" for companies looking to focus on keeping prices down.

From BBC ● May 14, 2022

The human element in this example could have played multiple factors in adverting the breach or at the very least discovered it a lot sooner.

From Forbes ● Jan. 5, 2015

Much of this tracking is for adverting purposes: to collect data on you to show you more relevant ads.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2013

I cannot conclude," said he, solemnly, "without adverting to that extraordinary combination of events by which this crime, after a long lapse of years, has been brought home to its guilty author.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever




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