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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Brad Raffensperger debuts a deeply personal ad in the GOP race for governor. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Were they supposed to put out a personal ad? — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 The Associated Press reported that the victim answered a personal ad Rossi posted on Craigslist. — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025 But given the recent deeply personal ad hominem attacks directed at the Fed chair, could such an accusation be far behind? — Ron Insana, CNBC, 11 July 2025 The first personal ad to appear in The New York Review of Books was published in the magazine’s July 11, 1968 issue. — Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Mar. 2025 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. — 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 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

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