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Loyalists came from all walks of life: wealthy merchants and landowners, everyday laborers and shopkeepers, and both free and enslaved Black people.
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Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
The vacancy creates an opportunity for the DDA to return to its roots with representation from a storefront business owner, retailer, shopkeeper or owner of a hospitality business with day-to-day operations in the DDA district.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2025
To remain on advisory boards that have been stripped of meaningful advisory function is to become that shopkeeper, to lend legitimacy to a process that has been systematically delegitimized.
—Alondra Nelson, Time, 13 May 2025
Afterward, in central Bangkok, plazas and sidewalks were packed with crowds of office workers, shopkeepers and tourists who remained outside for fear of aftershocks and structural damage to the buildings.
—Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
The vacancy creates an opportunity for the DDA to return to its roots with representation from a storefront business owner, retailer, shopkeeper or owner of a hospitality business with day-to-day operations in the DDA district.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2025
To remain on advisory boards that have been stripped of meaningful advisory function is to become that shopkeeper, to lend legitimacy to a process that has been systematically delegitimized.
—Alondra Nelson, Time, 13 May 2025
Afterward, in central Bangkok, plazas and sidewalks were packed with crowds of office workers, shopkeepers and tourists who remained outside for fear of aftershocks and structural damage to the buildings.
—Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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shopkeeper
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shop·keep·er
ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər 
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