classified ad
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of classified ad
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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He saw a classified ad in the San Diego Union-Tribune in 1987 and applied for a role as a technician.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Sachs experienced a reputational hit in February, after a classified ad appeared in the nonprofit New York Foundation for the Arts seeking a full-time “Executive/Personal Assistant.”
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
His first children's writing job resulted from answering a classified ad, and his horror writing break came after an editor was angry at someone else.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
In the ’70s, he placed a classified ad stating that he wanted to live in “a garden atmosphere in the middle of the city.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
And when the Graphic View II arrived, procured secondhand from a classified ad, well loved and packed into its own case like an expensive violin, Mia knew this would be true.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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