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an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or the like generally dealing with offers of or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like.

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Also called classified, classified advertisement, want ad.

Origin of classified ad

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby classified ad

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How to use classified ad in a sentence

His family said the 26-year-old had spent the better part of a decade scouring online classified ads first on Craigslist and, more recently, on Marketplace in search of vehicles that he could buy and resell for a profit.
Facebook Grew Marketplace to 1 Billion Users. Now Scammers Are Using It to Target People Around the World.|by Craig Silverman, A.C. Thompson and Peter Elkind|September 22, 2021|ProPublica
Although it only cites classified ads as its example of the neighbouring market of particular concern for its probe.
Facebook’s use of ad data triggers antitrust probes in UK and EU|Natasha Lomas|June 4, 2021|TechCrunch
She designed the cover art herself, enlisted a group of friends to glue it on record jackets, and sold the first thousand copies with help from classified ads in feminist publications such as Ms.
Alix Dobkin, who celebrated lesbian life in music, dies at 80|Harrison Smith|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
A lot of the culture around movies in the sci-fi/fantasy genre is about deconstructing them ad nauseam.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Yes, publicizing tragedy gets clicks, gets ad revenue, gets notoriety, and can be done for all the wrong reasons.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When it came to Android, however, it was ad-supported but free.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Late former governors of NY, TX starred in a 1994 snack chip ad.
Mario Cuomo, Ann Richards Concede to Doritos|The Daily Beast Video|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But an ad-supported version of Desert Golfing was impossible.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
"I supposed you 'adn't, as 'e ain't 'ere, with yer ma," replied the young person.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Postrem quid nobis effectum hactenus, seu potis quid attentatum sit ad diuinam gloriam.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Cert ante hoc tempus vix vnquam Gallis vacatum fuit conuertdis incolarum ad Christum animis.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
I don't blame him for killin' the cuss, not a bit; I'd have shot any man livin' that 'ad taken a good horse o' mine up that trail.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
For accuracy, 500 to 1000 leukocytes must be classified; for approximate results, 200 are sufficient.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

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