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small advertisement

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noun

  1. a short, simply designed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, usually set entirely in a small size of type See display advertisement

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Australians browsing the The Age newspaper recently may have spotted a rather startling small advertisement.

From BBC

In 1918, a deadly pandemic swept the world, but the front page of The Times on Jan. 1, 1919, barely mentioned it, other than a small advertisement for lozenges to “ward off influenza!”

From New York Times

He applied after seeing a small advertisement in the New Musical Express, the country’s definitive music magazine, and was invited to come aboard.

From Time

Readers who picked up The New York Times on March 13, 1852, might have seen a small advertisement on Page 3 for a serial tale set to begin the next day in a rival newspaper.

From New York Times

Five months pregnant and unsure what to do about it, Sesa Juliana was mindlessly scrolling through Facebook one night when she stumbled upon a small advertisement.

From Washington Post