Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Publicity is information or actions that are intended to attract the public’s attention to someone or something.
Much advance ~ was given to the talks...
It was all a ~ stunt.
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2.
When the news media and the public show a lot of interest in something, you can say that it is receiving ~.
The case has generated enormous ~ in Brazil.
...the renewed ~ over the Casey affair.
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