chain store

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Recent Examples of chain store In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the giant Tower Records on 66th Street and Broadway was as close to a formal meeting place for gay men as a chain store could get. Mark Harris, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025 Stores in Democratic or Republican Counties in America Each chain store’s red/blue distribution. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025 In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the giant Tower Records on 66th Street and Broadway was as close to a formal meeting place for gay men as a chain store could get. Mark Harris, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025 Stores in Democratic or Republican Counties in America Each chain store’s red/blue distribution. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chain store
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain store
Noun
  • Much of the job is simpler: directing people toward restaurants or department stores, acting as an extra set of eyes and ears for nearby police.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 18 July 2025
  • The building once served as a fire department and later a department store, with quirky touches like dressing rooms turned into bathrooms and a basement filled with a creepy doll shrine.
    Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Shimokitazawa is a grungy counter-culture neighborhood in western Tokyo famed for its live music scene and boho thrift shops.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
  • The inside of the Nearly New thrift shop in Sunnyvale is a site to behold.
    Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • My favorite stop on the tour was a variety store called Lee Avenue Photo—specifically, the toy section.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • Going back in time, most Minnesota small towns shared similarities, including schools, drug stores, variety stores, cafes, churches, hardware stores, bars, baseball fields, gas stations, volunteer fire departments, American Legions and local newspapers.
    Tom Redman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Ferguson says another 150,000 residents could be priced out of the state health care exchange.
    Tim Clouser, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2025
  • With mangoes hitting peak ripeness in June and July, certain Miami restaurants are offering food and drinks in exchange for the stone fruit.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025

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“Chain store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20store. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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