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advertising agency

American

noun

an agency employed by advertisers to plan, design, place, and supervise their advertisements or advertising campaigns.

advertising agency British

noun

an organization that creates advertising material, contracts for publication space, and sometimes undertakes market research on behalf of its clients

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Etymology

Origin of advertising agency

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

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They want a drummer named Charlie Watts to join them, but Watts is already playing with three other bands while working at an advertising agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

Somewhat out of the blue, producer Lee Mendelson got a call from advertising agency McCann-Erickson: Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an animated Christmas special.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

After the meeting I met an Irish girl who worked for an advertising agency, a girl who did social work, a schoolteacher, and the wife of a prominent university professor.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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