advertising agency
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of advertising agency
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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John Coleman, a millionaire entrepreneur who founded an advertising agency, wrote an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald this week praising the tax.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Dan Kim, a creative director at New York advertising agency McCann, has considered leaving his mid-range club, Dumbo House, an outpost of Soho House in Brooklyn.
From Salon • May 30, 2025
Temu has "turned off all their Google Shopping ads in the US" as of 9 April, Mike Ryan, head of e-commerce insights at online advertising agency Smarter Ecommerce, said on LinkedIn.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
He subsequently spent a short, regret-filled period at a San Salvador advertising agency.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024
The advertising agency and the tobacco company were delighted by the unpaid publicity and were only too happy to confess to the error in the coda, “What do you want, good grammar or good taste?”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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