What verbs could you use with "ad"?

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What verbs could you use with "ad"? As in

The company ____ an ad on TV to promote their new product.

WS2 · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-30 08:30:21Z

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Put; showed; published; presented; had; displayed; promoted; introduced; sponsored; ...

answered Nov 30, 2022 at 8:30

WS2

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Is "put" a choice fit for both TV commercials and newspaper ads?
– Sergey Zolotarev
Commented Nov 30, 2022 at 8:57
@SergeyZolotarev It would work ok here. Though I might use "put out (a TV advert)". But were I speaking I might say "The company promoted their new product in a TV advertisement".
– WS2
Commented Nov 30, 2022 at 9:57
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You can use 'put' for many things, to save thinking up a more specific word. It's done in colloquial conversation all the time. I put a banana on the table, they put an ad on the TV, NASA put a man on the moon. It just generalises very easily.
– DoneWithThis.
Commented Nov 30, 2022 at 10:29
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Or ran an ad.
– stangdon
Commented Nov 30, 2022 at 15:27
@Tetsujin Any ideas yourself as to a word one might use?
– WS2
Commented Nov 30, 2022 at 15:54

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Tom V · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-08 23:38:08Z

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On radio or TV you could use the word aired (this wouldn't work for a printed advert).

answered Dec 8, 2022 at 23:38

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