thrift shop

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Recent Examples of thrift shop The funky thrift shop sells upcycled clothing, jewelry and vinyl records, and is open Thursday through Sunday. Axios Denver, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024 Annie Schlechter The Central Room: The Milo Baughman sofa was found in a thrift shop; the Charlotte Perriand chaise and the William Katavolos chairs were bought at auction. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2024 Just enough time for a quick stop at the town thrift shop, which is outstanding. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024 Art-lovers could spend an entire trip roaming the city’s many museums while shoppers are kept equally busy with retail offerings which range from luxury designer showrooms to thrift shops to flea markets. Anna Haines, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for thrift shop 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrift shop
Noun
  • Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s CEO Tom Kingsbury is stepping down on Jan. 15, the off-mall department store said late last month, and he will be succeeded by Ashley Buchanan from crafting mecca Michaels.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Compared to everything else around it, especially the anchor department stores that loomed over just about every mall, each Goody store felt like an oasis, an entry point for the counterculture that was just emerging and taking hold of our brains.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The intrigue: San Francisco heavily restricts chain stores or big-box retailers with 11 or more locations throughout the U.S. from opening in certain neighborhoods due to Proposition G, a 2007 ballot measure aimed at protecting mom-and-pop shops.
    Nadia Lopez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The complaint says that since at least 2018, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits deprived smaller businesses of access to discounts and rebates, harming their ability to compete with large national and regional chain stores.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor.
    Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.
    Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Werewolf Lawyer has its own distinct look, a pulp paperback straight from the golden age of dime store novels done by Ian Klarer.
    Jef Rouner, Chron, 14 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Saint Laurent is setting up shop at 72 Gansevoort Street with a two-story boutique that will be the French brand’s largest in New York City and the first of its new design concept.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Before Amrit, the only new high-end hotel to open on Palm Beach Island was the small, boutique White Elephant, back in early 2020.
    Beth Landman, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Distributed free by local officials, supplies are abundant at the house where Sleaze smokes fentanyl and works security in exchange for drugs.
    Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • In exchange for the 32-year-old, the Yankees received right-handed pitcher Fernando Cruz and catcher Alex Jackson, the team announced Friday.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024

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