The phrase "and could be touted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that may be promoted or praised, often in a context of marketing or public relations.
Example: "The new product has received positive reviews and could be touted as the best in its category."
Alternatives: "and may be promoted" or "and can be celebrated".
In the pages of The Chicagoan restaurants were categorized as Downtown, Out a Ways or 'Way Out; a play could be touted as "worth eyeing and earing"; a reader's complaint about the magazine's spelling mistakes could be met with a cocked eyebrow and wrinkled nose: "Oh, Well... Anybody can spell".
From outside the BBC, Kevin Lygo, the head of ITV Studios; Lorraine Heggessey, the former controller of BBC1; and former BBC2 controller Jane Root are amongst the names that could be touted – although the BBC is keen to ensure that candidates from the US also emerge.
Such a grouping could be touted as an alternative to Frankfurt, specialising in small, less liquid shares; and a joint approach could reduce the cost of much-needed new trading software (Hanover's system is over 20 years old).
She thought that PWC's consultants could expand IBM's service offerings beyond IT; its researchers could be touted as a unique source of advice to client companies on marketing, human resources, and logistics.
"If we can tap into this we could make new drugs for treating high blood pressure and preventing heart disease". Nitro fatty acids could soon be touted as the next pharmaceutical preventative for cardiovascular disease.
Nitro fatty acids could soon be touted as the next pharmaceutical preventative for cardiovascular disease.
A video touting the ELT says it's the biggest telescope currently under construction and could be the first to spot aliens.
This will be touted by Cook and his team as evidence that the sceptics who said Apple could no longer innovate after Jobs were absurdly misguided.
If only they hadn't burned it, the effigy could have been touted as a post-modern work of insightful brilliance.
