marketing
noun
mar·ket·ing
ˈmär-kə-tiŋ 
1
a
: the act or process of selling or purchasing in a market
did most of her marketing in local stores
b
: the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service
New automobiles are the subject of intense marketing.
2
: an aggregate (see aggregate entry 3 sense 1) of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer
The company will increase its budget for marketing.
Examples of marketing in a Sentence
The company will increase its budget for marketing.
She has a job in marketing.
She runs the company's marketing department.
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
To match that, a new marketing era will debut in July, part of the efforts by Chief Marketing Officer Allyson Witherspoon to change the perception of the company in buyers' eyes.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
So far, those announcements have included a return of Hemi V8 engines, a marketing move with mechanical bulls and an industry-leading warranty plan, among other things.
—Sara Salinas,jacob Pramuk,michele Luhn, CNBC, 30 June 2025
In an era when authenticity has become a marketing buzzword, Rassoul offers something more complex: the understanding that all identity is performed, that authenticity itself might be the most elaborate performance of all.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 30 June 2025
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“Marketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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