classified ad

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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

The EU has led global efforts to crack down on Big Tech companies, including a series of multbillion-dollar fines for Google and charging Meta with distorting the online classified ad market.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024

Sachs experienced a reputational hit in February, after a classified ad appeared in the nonprofit New York Foundation for the Arts seeking a full-time “Executive/Personal Assistant.”

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

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

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