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Astroturfing | Astroturf | Astroturfed

Astroturfing meaning

The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a "grass-roots" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion.

Using Astroturfing

  • The main meaning on this page is: The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a "grass-roots" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion.

Context around Astroturfing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 13 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

musk 1×

Sentence patterns with Astroturfing

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

behind the astroturfing 1× hallelon musk astroturfing 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

spacex employees spoke 1×

Common sentence endings:

behind the astroturfing 1× hallelon musk astroturfing 1×

Words around Astroturfing

Just before it in the word index:

astroturfed 2 astroturf 31 astrotech 4 astroscale 9 astros 668 astrophysics 76

Just after it in the word index:

astrov 7 astroworld 18 astruc 2 astrup 3 asts 2 astudillo 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Astroturfing

  • In this selection, "astroturfing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 13 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, musk stand out and add context to how "astroturfing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include behind the astroturfing and hallelon musk astroturfing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "astroturfing" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with astroturfing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

SpaceX employees spoke at Boring Company town hallElon Musk astroturfing? (10 words)

It found that The Hawthorn Group, a public relations firm it hired, was behind the astroturfing. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

It found that The Hawthorn Group, a public relations firm it hired, was behind the astroturfing. (16 words)

SpaceX employees spoke at Boring Company town hallElon Musk astroturfing? (10 words)

Question examples

SpaceX employees spoke at Boring Company town hallElon Musk astroturfing? (10 words)

Example sentences (2)

It found that The Hawthorn Group, a public relations firm it hired, was behind the astroturfing.

SpaceX employees spoke at Boring Company town hallElon Musk astroturfing?

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "astroturfing" in a sentence?
An example: "It found that The Hawthorn Group, a public relations firm it hired, was behind the astroturfing." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "astroturfing" from authentic English texts.
What does "astroturfing" mean?
Astroturfing means: The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a "grass-roots" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion.
How many example sentences with "astroturfing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "astroturfing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.