want ad
nounDefinition of want ad
: a newspaper advertisement stating that something (such as an employee, employment, or a specified item) is wanted
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Why can't Facebook charge users who want ad-free experiences the way Hulu and YouTube do? — Ryan Nakashima, chicagotribune.com, "5 questions for Mark Zuckerberg as he heads to Congress," 9 Apr. 2018 Sources include Chinese art, Vuillard, want ads, the Bayeux tapestries, folk art and kitsch. — New York Times, "Art and Museums in NYC This Week," 14 Dec. 2017 This time around, King wants ads to be more of a service, offering gamers rewards in exchange for watching or sharing an ad. — Lara O’reilly, WSJ, "CMO Today: Google’s ‘First Click Free’ Changes; NBCU’s Data Play; King Tests Mobile Gaming Ads Again," 21 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'want ad.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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