want ad
Example Sentences
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The metal legends formed in 1981 after Mars placed a want ad in the Recycler that Sixx and Lee answered.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
In 1942, her mother spotted a want ad that said the publisher Fiction House was looking for cartoonists and encouraged her to apply.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022
It was a want ad in the newspaper that started Storen’s pro path.
From Washington Times • May 7, 2020
It all started with a want ad in a newspaper for ice cream truck drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2016
I paid the same prices as Jim, but I would have done just as badly at three times as much, and might just as well have saved money buying second-hand through a want "ad."
From Cupid's Middleman by Lent, Edward B.
