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personal column

British

noun

a newspaper column containing personal messages, advertisements by charities, requests for friendship, holiday companions, etc

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In a highly personal column, The Sun newspaper's showbiz editor Dan Wootton recounted how he was bullied at school by people using the same language as Maynard had tweeted.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2017

It all started on 4 May 1956 with a small advert in the personal column of the Times.

From BBC • May 3, 2016

She wrote a deeply personal column Thursday in her paper, noting she was the same age - 35 - as the woman at the center of the 1992 Supreme Court ruling.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2012

But a taxicab driver inserted an advertisement in the Times's personal column apologizing for losing his temper during a raid.

From Time Magazine Archive

“This note in the personal column ought to interest you. ‘

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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