broadcasting 1 of 2

noun

as in distribution

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broadcasting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of broadcast
1
as in disseminating
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 publishing
to make known openly or publicly please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet

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Recent Examples of broadcasting
Noun
Netflix launched in the UK in 2012 as part of its first expansion into Europe, and has since grown into one of the dominating forces in British broadcasting through shows such as Baby Reindeer, The Gentlemen and Adolescence. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026 Numerous sources pointed to Payton, who became a high-profile broadcasting free agent earlier this month. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 With each passing day, with each passing game, Tommy Hutton knows the end of his decades-long broadcasting career is nearing its conclusion. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 In May, Players Era and ESPN announced a multiyear broadcasting and operations partnership, in which ESPN Events would handle the production and logistics of the championships, with the parties splitting the revenue. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The company has since branched out into production, broadcasting and distribution, linking international content with audiences in Japan. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 The station, widely known as TPT, said the plans come just over a year after federal funding cuts to public broadcasting. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 The whole point of the event is not the event itself but the retrospective broadcasting of its participants’ staggering wealth and power. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 In little more than a year, Europe’s broadcasting sector has seen a burst of dealmaking that would have looked improbable a decade ago. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
Creators will film their outfits, review the food and give followers a look inside brand experiences and premium seats, broadcasting the spectacle of being at the Open to millions of people beyond the gates. — Jessica Schiffer, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026 The release of the lists comes as Sheinbaum’s administration prepares new ‘audience rights’ rules that would discourage television and radio outlets from broadcasting what the government calls ‘false’ information. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The first practice session can be seen live on FS1 with the latter events broadcasting on FS2. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Over the last 79 years, the Little League has grown into an international phenomenon, with ESPN broadcasting entire games live. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026 The thirty-something is an online auction maestro, broadcasting to a few dozen people competing to buy confections with the swipe of a finger. — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 Alcott, who was commentating for BBC Sport at the time, held back tears while broadcasting from the scene in Cortina d’Ampezzo, in northern Italy. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Both candidates have been broadcasting blistering television commercials that attack the other in the final days of the campaign. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026 After nearly 40 years of broadcasting the league’s games, WBD did not reach a deal to extend its rights, with NBCUniversal taking its place as a primary partner. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadcasting
  1. distribution
  2. disseminating
  3. publishing
  4. dissemination
  5. propagating
  6. announcing
  7. transmission
  8. spreading
Noun
  • Reinstating a military draft would ensure a more equitable distribution of national defense responsibilities.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Between 2020 and 2024, the NYC Health Department nearly tripled its distribution to opioid overdose prevention programs, distributing more than 300,000 naloxone kits in 2024 alone.
    — Nathalia Fernandez, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of distribution
Verb
  • Internally at the studios, copyright divisions spend their energy targeting larger criminal operations enabling these digital pirates — the hives sharing and disseminating premium content.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Wheeler says teams should support their internal experts in publishing and disseminating their unique perspectives.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of disseminating
Verb
  • The parliamentarian’s office is responsible for documenting and publishing the rules and precedents of its chamber.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Hugging Face was recently hacked by one of OpenAI's agents, with Sam Altman's group publishing a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its models breached Hugging Face last month.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of publishing
Noun
  • The Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival is the largest Brazilian film fest held abroad and a pioneer in the promotion and dissemination of local pics in the international market.
    — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The collective produces briefs on current scientific topics — such as the hantavirus and changes to the vaccine schedule — to speed the dissemination of accurate information by science communicators and journalists.
    — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissemination
Verb
  • Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Mai is propagating more than 170 varieties collected from refugees around the world, helping preserve these precious grains while studying which are best suited to our changing climate.
    — Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • Both Daltrey and Starkey have made public statements announcing and confirming the somewhat surprising musical reconciliation.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
  • But the retail historian in me has never been able to let go of the fact that the chart is wrong, and that the wire story announcing Walmart's rise in 1991 was wrong in exactly the same way.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of announcing
Noun
  • The reporter completely mischaracterized my comments made on numerous occasions over the past 16 months about 'masks' and the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a breathtaking rush of power when accelerating hard, and a seemingly relentless ability to accumulate forward momentum while the dual-clutch eight-speed transmission whizzes through the gears.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of transmission
Verb
  • Early symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, Pennsylvania health officials said, and a rash follows a few days later, starting on the head and spreading downward.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Three to five days after the start of these symptoms, a red or reddish- brown rash appears, usually starting on a person’s face at the hairline and spreading downward to the entire body.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of spreading

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“Broadcasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadcasting. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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