as in department store
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Recent Examples of thrift shop
Proceeds from the thrift shop help fund programs and services for homeless community members in North County and working poor families and seniors, among others.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Steal one from your mother or grandmother (or pick one up from the thrift shop) for the most authentic look.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Four Poster Beds If you're drawn to traditional four poster beds, keep an eye out for them while browsing online marketplaces or thrift shops, notes Jen Bienvenu, the founder of J. Bienvenu Interiors in Louisville, Kentucky, who has come across many of these.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Get your creative fix at the Palm Springs Art Museum or head to one of many thrift shops for some trendy retail therapy.
—Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Steal one from your mother or grandmother (or pick one up from the thrift shop) for the most authentic look.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Four Poster Beds If you're drawn to traditional four poster beds, keep an eye out for them while browsing online marketplaces or thrift shops, notes Jen Bienvenu, the founder of J. Bienvenu Interiors in Louisville, Kentucky, who has come across many of these.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Get your creative fix at the Palm Springs Art Museum or head to one of many thrift shops for some trendy retail therapy.
—Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrift shop
Noun
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Macy’s — The department store added more than 2% after the company reported earnings that beat estimates .—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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Even department stores now are almost becoming a relic of the past.—
Katherine Turman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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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
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Stores in Democratic or Republican Counties in America Each chain store’s red/blue distribution.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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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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And, the brand just went on rare sale at the boutique retailer Gilt for Memorial Day weekend.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2025
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Levi envisions a complex with a pair of 20,000-square-foot soundstages, two amphitheaters, a boutique hotel, cabins and a farm-to-table restaurant.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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The very principle of financialization rules even the most mundane exchange of objects in the same manner that the most banal exchange of economic investment and speculation regulates the sign of spiritual autonomy and utopian aspirations that abstraction had initially promised.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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On Thursday, Lurie announced on social media that cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is opening an office in San Francisco after leaving the city four years ago.—
Wendy Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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“Thrift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrift%20shop. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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