public service announcement

collocation in English

meaningsofpublic,serviceandannouncement

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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service
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.vɪs/us
/ˈsɝː.vɪs/
a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that ...
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announcement
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈnaʊns.mənt/us
/əˈnaʊns.mənt/
something that someone says officially, giving information ...
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(Definition ofpublic,serviceandannouncementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is due to its political associations that this campaign is considered primarily an educational advertisement instead of a publicserviceannouncement.
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Ashanti also recorded a publicserviceannouncementthat appeared in more than 4,000 film screens and reached millions of people.
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In 2003, she wrote a publicserviceannouncementfor a racial harmony campaign.
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Breakthrough produced publicserviceannouncementvideos about the harms of early marriage.
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She also appeared in a publicserviceannouncementfor breast cancer awareness.
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Launched in 1987, the campaign used a televised publicserviceannouncement.
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She filmed a publicserviceannouncementto endorse the campaign.
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It is broadcast on many public radio stations, using a format that mixes elements of a commercial bumper and a publicserviceannouncement.
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The station quickly ran a standard publicserviceannouncementand then a movie.
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He was fined $2,500, placed on two years' probation, and ordered to perform 240 hours of community service and produce an anti-violence publicserviceannouncement.
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The girl group recorded a publicserviceannouncementencouraging community-driven donations of gently worn denims to the campaign, in aid of homeless teens.
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So well, in fact, that we're willing to forgive the movie for occasionally resembling a publicserviceannouncement.
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Others think they serve as a sort of publicserviceannouncementthat reminds drivers to be careful and drive safely, and are no more distracting than any other roadside advertisement.
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Finally, 15% of the sample responded to public service announcements advertising that participants would be paid for their participation.
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In 2007, the brothers filmed a publicserviceannouncementraising awareness about teenage homelessness and encouraging teens to begin jeans drives in their communities to donate to the homeless.
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He was to record a new song and video with all proceeds going to this project, make a publicserviceannouncementand appear at local schools.
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