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classified ad

NOUN
small magazine or newspaper advertisement
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He saw a classified ad in the San Diego Union-Tribune in 1987 and applied for a role as a technician.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

E-commerce decimated some of The Times’ biggest advertisers, while Craigslist took over the classified ad business seemingly overnight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

His first children's writing job resulted from answering a classified ad, and his horror writing break came after an editor was angry at someone else.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022

The police believe that the trailer was sold on Gumtree, an online classified ad site.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2021

And when the Graphic View II arrived, procured secondhand from a classified ad, well loved and packed into its own case like an expensive violin, Mia knew this would be true.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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