classified advertisement

Example Sentences

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He grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, where he learned to fix just about anything, and stopped by 3M after he saw a classified advertisement in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Yellen recalled posting a classified advertisement for a babysitter when she was returning to work 40 years ago as an economics professor after having given birth.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

Emery has done everything but take out a classified advertisement to announce the Bears’ pick is available for trade.

From Chicago Tribune • Apr. 26, 2013

The same classified advertisement in the local paper resulted in "two waste-of-time calls a week".

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

You can build up a good mail order business by putting a small classified advertisement in the poultry and pet stock columns in the Sunday issue of some large city newspaper near you.

From The Raising and Care of Guinea Pigs A complete guide to the breeding, feeding, housing, exhibiting and marketing of cavies by Smith, A. C.