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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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advertising agencies

plural

Etymology

Origin of advertising agency

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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advertising agency

Anthropic traced a fake news operation to LKM Company, a French advertising agency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

At 58, Susan Lee Colby founded Grace Creative LA, an advertising agency focused on the 50-and-older market, because, she said, she had “aged out” of traditional advertising agencies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

This was a decision influenced by the board of an advertising agency on which Deighton had once served, where everyone else went to Eton.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

Sinay, who was Russo’s girlfriend, explained that she ran a small advertising agency.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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