personal ad
noun
: a short message in a special section of a newspaper, magazine, etc., that is written by someone who is interested in forming a friendly or romantic relationship with someone else
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From a standing desk, Jeff Baron, an audio producer who started at the paper’s circulation desk in 2013, vets each personal ad application one at a time.
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Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is making its latest push to Asian American voters, releasing a personal ad about her mother, Shyamala Gopalan.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
The first personal ad to appear in The New York Review of Books was published in the magazine’s July 11, 1968 issue.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2024
For both purveyors and consumers of personal ad romance, the effectiveness of flirting in column inches has not yet been proved.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
In a shift from the usual historical Facebook posts about the cemetery’s occupants, Tammen shared an online personal ad seeking Blossom’s next lifelong mate in February.
—Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
Promising drug could provide alternative to statins, new study finds A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died.
—Jon Lapook, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2023
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Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is making its latest push to Asian American voters, releasing a personal ad about her mother, Shyamala Gopalan.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
The first personal ad to appear in The New York Review of Books was published in the magazine’s July 11, 1968 issue.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2024
For both purveyors and consumers of personal ad romance, the effectiveness of flirting in column inches has not yet been proved.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
In a shift from the usual historical Facebook posts about the cemetery’s occupants, Tammen shared an online personal ad seeking Blossom’s next lifelong mate in February.
—Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
Promising drug could provide alternative to statins, new study finds A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died.
—Jon Lapook, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2023
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“Personal ad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20ad. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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