gift registry

noun

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

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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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“Gift registry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20registry. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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