gift registry

noun

: a list kept by a store of the things that someone wants as gifts

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However, their union is a strategic move to pretend to be a loving couple, throw an extravagant wedding and take advantage of the gift registry to fulfill their dreams. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025 According to their gift registry, they’re getting married after the 2025 season, on Nov. 15 in Atlanta. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025 No formal invitations were sent; we were invited by word of mouth and received a gift registry link by text message. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025 Is a gift registry for a young child — or for any age — the new normal? Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024 Even the ubiquitous gift registry, with its transparent whitewash, is giving way to the outright demand for money. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024 The pair even skipped out on a wedding gift registry, instead asking for donations to the nonprofit. Madison Roberts, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023 The liberal justices also questioned why a standard wedding website template — including details about the couple, the event venue, nearbly hotels and gift registry — should be seen as expressing the views of the website designer, rather than the couple. David G. Savagestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022 The pregnant model opted out of a baby gift registry, instead asking that guests donate to Moe Dogge Animal Rescue, an animal rescue in Lebanon whose main mission is to save street dogs from horrific living situations, starvation, neglect and abuse. Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022

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