commercial

Example Sentences

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Their activism faced a commercial test as the brand moved from health food aisles into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Vernon Avenue Bridge, an 86-year-old structure that connected communities on the west side to the downtown commercial district.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Rowell, originally from Sunderland, worked as a DJ for commercial radio station GWR FM in the late 1980s and 1990s, before joining HTV West, now ITV West Country.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

According to trade-intelligence company Kpler, there are 820 commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf, including more than 400 oil tankers and dozens of ships carrying cooking gas and liquified natural gas.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

It wavered in and out of focus and then, with a jerk, a commercial for McDonald’s came on the screen.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt