The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ADVERTISE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ADVERTISE
- Promote retro technology, in hostile environment
- Computers and such held back in hostile market
- Site raved about in hype
- Bill is not keen about raising it
- Hint to sacrifice pawn in hostile push
- Assert about Dutch ties wrongly to publicize
- Publicize, notify about every other secret
- Hard sell other ideas without keeping runs in check
- Advocate takes up second half of expert's broadcast
- Promote, bring it back from within counter
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What does ADVERTISE mean?
ADVERTISE verb- To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
- To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
- To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
- To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
- In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.