personals
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As a result, sites like Craigslist removed their entire online personals sections.
From The Verge ● Oct. 17, 2019
John had recently moved to the city and was getting to know his new home: mainly, he says, by answering personals ads in the newspaper.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2019
“There were pages and pages of personals, mine was the only one to say wedding planner. I got lovely young couples who were having trouble planning their weddings.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2019
His backup, Jason Smith, followed the trend and sat the majority of the second half with four personals.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2018
The more junior typesetters leaded and shimmed the classifieds and personals and all the other advertisements that filled the inside pages.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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