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
Romano came to the Voice at the tail end of its heyday in the late ’90s, just as the specter of Craigslist was darkening the paper’s future by threatening its goldmine in classified advertising .
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024
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
The magazine was a key component of what then was a big, fat Sunday paper, carrying both Times and P-I logos, buoyed by national display and classified advertising in those delightful pre-Craigslist days.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2020
Most newspapers carry columns of classified advertising consisting of many small advertisements grouped together under various heads.
From Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School by Miller, Edwin L.
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