classified advertising
Americannoun
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classified ads collectively.
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the business or practice of selling space for classified ads.
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the department of a newspaper or other publication that handles classified advertising.
Etymology
Origin of classified advertising
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35
Example Sentences
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In 2024, the Berlin-based company announced a decision with KKR, its largest shareholder, to split its classified advertising business from its media operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The European Commission on Monday said it has warned Facebook parent company Meta that it is breaching EU antitrust laws by distorting competition in markets for online classified advertising and abusing its dominant position.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022
They also staged a demonstration in front of The New York Times’s classified advertising office to protest gender segregation in the paper’s “Help Wanted” ads, after which the Times changed its practice.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
“Google and others have transformed traditional retailing, classified advertising with search and massive scale digital publishing, gutting traditional media business models,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
Never before have the newspapers carried so much classified advertising.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford
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