variety store

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Recent Examples of variety store The prominent corner store has seen a succession of uses over the years: it’s been a variety store (the G.C. Murphy five-and-dime shop), a dollar store, an antique mall and, most recently, a restaurant called the Five and Dime Ale House, which closed last year. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024 Discount department stores remained the most popular destination for shoppers, followed by Dollar/variety stores, apparel, footwear, and accessory retailers. Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 Two men have been arrested in connection to the beating death of a man at a variety store in Phoenix, authorities said. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2023 On a piece of notebook paper, Robinson-Goodnight recently jotted down in bright-blue ink the web of businesses that her family has lost over the years — a variety store, a coffee shop, a bar. Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for variety store 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variety store
Noun
  • For more than six decades, the department store has advertised over-the-top holiday packages.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • So this latest installment has been passed on to British commercials and music video director Dougal Wilson, best known locally for his Christmas-time advertisements for department store John Lewis, including that one featuring a boxer dog on a trampoline.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Advertisement Brown’s inspiration is not just from memories of his youth at the chain store, but contemporary efforts like Jack White’s Third Man Records.
    Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of customers in sectors where the former box-store chain was once a major player: Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart and Dollar Tree.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
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
  • The filing also details a securities subscription agreement with the CEO, resulting in the issuance of 6,000,000 Series B Shares in exchange for debt cancellation.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Plus, read a transcript of their exchange below: Andrea Canning: Hey Evy.
    Dateline NBC, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024

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“Variety store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variety%20store. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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