Madison Avenue
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“Madison Avenue hype” carries the connotation of misrepresentation or deliberate dishonesty.
The name of the street is often used to refer to the high-pressure techniques of the advertising business.
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While others window-shopped for inspiration he was his own adman, pushing imagery that would become as recognizable as any logo dreamt up by a Madison Avenue firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
During her long tenure on the beat, she’s covered the inner workings of Madison Avenue and companies such as WPP, Omnicom, and Publicis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
In May, his firm agreed to pay $1.1 billion for an officer tower on Madison Avenue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Because for every luxury brand outpost on Madison Avenue, there’s a small business that specializes in dollhouse furniture or German meats or food and drink books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
At one of these mutual stops Claudia instructed Jamie to wait for her on the corner of Madison Avenue and 80th Street, for there they would turn left to Fifth Avenue.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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