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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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Halvorson has a background that includes roles at Twitter, General Motors and global advertising agency Publicis Groupe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

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

He subsequently spent a short, regret-filled period at a San Salvador advertising agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

He became a freelance photographer in 1968 after working for an advertising agency.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 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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