commercially
Americanadverb
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in a way that involves or relates to commerce.
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in a way that caters to business rather than private use.
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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
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
The music group also said it notified the defendants on Aug. 17 of “the material musical similarities” but that the defendants “continued reproducing, distributing, licensing, publicly performing and commercially exploiting” Dean’s “I’ve Seen It.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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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