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Recent Examples of thrift shop
Trust me: Christmas is in full bloom at thrift shops.
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
The look continues into the dining room, where family pieces, items from thrift shops, and repurposed furniture all blend seamlessly — thanks to Donna’s creative touch.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
The number of upcoming sports events was the factor that was most heavily weighted in the study, but other factors such as the number of green spaces and thrift shops in the city were also considered.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
The funky thrift shop sells upcycled clothing, jewelry and vinyl records, and is open Thursday through Sunday.
—Axios Denver, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
The look continues into the dining room, where family pieces, items from thrift shops, and repurposed furniture all blend seamlessly — thanks to Donna’s creative touch.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
The number of upcoming sports events was the factor that was most heavily weighted in the study, but other factors such as the number of green spaces and thrift shops in the city were also considered.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
The funky thrift shop sells upcycled clothing, jewelry and vinyl records, and is open Thursday through Sunday.
—Axios Denver, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrift shop
Noun
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Four much lower buildings would face one another across the ginkgos: on one side, a department store and a science museum; on the other, a conference center and a concert hall.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Shoppers pass a Cartier luxury store, operated by Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, in the Galeries Lafayette SA luxury department store in Paris, France.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Dana Taylor: Art resembling that created by Indigenous people has shown up in chain stores like Urban Outfitters and online retailers such as Amazon.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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If the thought of throngs of shoppers in crowded high street chain stores fills you with horror, there is another side to London Christmas shopping.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
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Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
10 Sep. 2024
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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
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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
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Considered the largest flea market in the world, there are more than 2,000 boutiques here, and they're scattered across more than a dozen individual markets.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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And in a boutique vs. online? • What are the revenues by product type in wholesale (B2B)?—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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In other words, Bibi has paused long enough now to gain leverage - with American help - for success on a bigger scale than a hostage exchange.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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While there are many, many models of potential dark matter candidates, many interact with regular particles through exchanges involving the Higgs boson — a fundamental particle that interacts with almost all other particles and, through those interactions, imbues those particles with mass.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Thrift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrift%20shop. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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