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commercially

American  
[kuh-mur-shuh-lee] / kəˈmɜr ʃə li /

adverb

  1. in a way that involves or relates to commerce.

  2. in a way that caters to business rather than private use.

  3. on a channel or platform paid for by advertisers.


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Its restaurants remain closed on Sundays, including locations where that choice may seem commercially inconvenient like airports and college campuses.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Unlike ghost guns assembled from commercially sold unfinished parts, 3D printed ghost guns can be produced from plastic filament using consumer-grade equipment,” the suit said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Some developers turn to pre-built, commercially available engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine, rather than reckon with the challenge of coding from scratch.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Participants were randomly assigned to drink either water or commercially available diet beverages each day.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

At the opposite extreme, the largest Polynesian island, New Zealand, is an old, geologically diverse, continental fragment of Gondwanaland, offering a range of mineral resources, including commercially exploitable iron, coal, gold, and jade.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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