want ad

Example Sentences

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It was a want ad in the newspaper that started Storen’s pro path.

From Washington Times • May 7, 2020

It’s not an actual want ad, but it might as well be one.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2016

It all started with a want ad in a newspaper for ice cream truck drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2016

When the Staten Island Yankees begin their season on Friday, Jane M. Rogers, the team’s president and general manager, may reflect on the day she answered a want ad for a secretary 16 years ago.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2015

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.