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publicity

/pʌbˈlɪsɪti/ noun B2
  1. Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something. (uncountable)
  2. Public interest attracted in this way. (uncountable)
  3. The condition of being the object of public attention. (uncountable)
  4. The quality of being public, not private. (uncountable)

Plural publicities

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When a man is lost it is my duty to ascertain his fate, but having done so the matter ends so far as I am concerned, and so long as there is nothing criminal I am much more anxious to hush up private scandals than to give them publicity.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 124 · C1
He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 2 · C1

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