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The meaning of the English word "promotion" and how you use it

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promotion
(noun) an advancement in position at your current job
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I finally got a big promotion at work !
After his promotion , he was a vice president .
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Rewards from Learning English
Learning English helped me to achieve a promotion . Now I'm even closer to my dream job .
Movie Moments You Didn't Know Were Improvised
to congratulate Jim Gordon 's promotion was not .
Promotion Without a Raise
A promotion is a promotion .
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promotion
(noun) something created to advertise or publicize an event, company, etc.
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They held a promotion to celebrate the opening of the new store .
We could design a promotion to advertise the new service .
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buy...one...get...one...free
(expression) a common form of sales promotion where you get two products for the price of one
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I bought this shirt because it was buy one get one free .
You shouldn't get this even if it is buy one get one free .
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Tips for Shopaholics!
And they tease us with these buy one get one free sales .
Tips for Shopaholics!
The last time I was in a store and there was a canoe and it said " Buy one get one free " and I thought , " Well I don't need a canoe but how can I turn down two canoes ?"
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hype
(noun) grand or extravagant promotion and publicity
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Kimberly is an English language editor and linguist from the United States who firmly believes that learning new languages can help make the world a better place. She has experience in language education and accessibility and has worked with a number of organizations that empower socioeconomically disadvantaged English language learners, refugees, and recent immigrants.
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What's all the hype about ?
Don't believe all the hype you hear .
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The Evolution of the Burrito
The '70s was the hype of burrito experimentation .
Common Myths About Caffeine
So , there was a time where I must admit I had bought the hype that caffeine was bad for you ,
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promo
(noun) (abbreviation) short for promotion; something used to publicize or advertise an event, company, etc
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Kanako

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Kanako has an AAS in administrative office technology. She is a native Japanese speaker and studied English literature prior to moving to the U.S. She has also taken correspondence courses in EN-JP translation and works as a translator/localizer which involves tasks such as editing machine translations and localizing web contents. She has also worked as an in-person interpreter for businesses based in Japan.
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The sales promo banners were hard to miss .
The company's promo for its new product was really cute .
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The Truth About "Shark Week"
First , in a promo they hoaxed viewers by claiming there was a shark in Lake Ontario ,
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