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self-promotion

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noun

  1. the act or practice of promoting one's own interests, profile, etc

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Those who condemned the book as vulgar self-promotion validated his decision to describe things as they really are.

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We hope you don’t mind this modest self-promotion.

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The success of “The Reckoning” has only accelerated Jackson’s pace of dealmaking, production and self-promotion.

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MacArthur, by dint of relentless self-promotion and a fervent desire to deny others credit, is better known to history, but it is Wainwright, forced to surrender because of MacArthur’s mistakes and taken prisoner of war so as not to abandon his men, who is the hero we deserve.

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“They’ve made great advances in AI and we continue to supply to Google,” the statement continued, before taking a turn from professional congratulations to self-promotion.

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