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
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
In some respects those choices predate the internet age, when digital media began to weaken newspapers’ traditional grip on retail and classified advertising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
"E-commerce" comprises a group of businesses that Prosus owns in classified advertising, food delivery, educational technology and fintech and payments.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2021
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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