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
"Say, the fellow that couldn't be happy here would be the fellow that would write a want ad in heaven."
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2018
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
Dear Sir: I am a constant reader of the "Chicago Defender" and in your last issue I saw a want ad that appealed to me.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various