How to Use big-box in a Sentence

big-box

adjective
  • The roughly 1-acre parcels have a big-box store behind it, the survey shows.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The nearest big-box store is a 120-mile drive, one-way, from the tribe’s most populous town.
    — Shane Mitchell, Saveur, 6 Dec. 2023
  • This comes at the same time that big-box competitor Sam's Club slashed its sign-up fee to just $25.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2024
  • And more of us are going to big-box stores like Walmart to buy groceries.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In other words, discounts to big-box chains must be available to mom-and-pop stores, too.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • The big-box retailer signed checks for three-fourths of the high-school comedy’s leads to reprise their roles.
    — Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Even if that made their still rich big-box store-owner former-friends mad.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The other four lost their big-box cameras at a time when the city was more willing to move them to other hot spots.
    — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The upswing contrasts sharply with the slump in the office building and big-box retail markets.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The trees are sold at garden stores and big-box discounters, at cut-your-own tree farms, and in larger cities, they’re sold right on the street.
    — Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Indeed, nary a fast-food chain nor big-box store mars this historic postcard idyll.
    — Staff Author Published, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The big-box stores of that era, such as Sears Roebuck, sold furniture that was both affordable and built to last.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • The big-box stores can offer more convenience and lower prices.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2024
  • Macy’s has it all on sale, as is tradition at the big-box retailer this time of year.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Once again, the firm leads its big-box peers in customer satisfaction.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The big-box retailer should have seen an uptick in spending between the back-to-school and Halloween season.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The heists aren’t plaguing just big-box complexes and mom-and-pop convenience stores.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
  • The big-box retailer increased most of its plans by $5 to $65 a year to help offset expenses and keep its prices down.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Over the years, Catan has become a massive hit, paving the way for more intricate games to be sold at big-box retailers.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Adelle Waldman Adelle Waldman’s novel looks at the hardships faced by part-time workers at a big-box store.
    — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Two of the biggest names in big-box retail have boosted their bets on a growing trend for brick-and-mortar sales: smaller stores.
    — Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Like Home Depot, Lowe’s offers a big-box store level of trees to choose from, including live ones.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Through the end of 2024, all local grocery stores and big-box chains that sell meat products packaged in foam remain exempt.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Waldman got a job at a big-box store in the Hudson Valley before writing Help Wanted.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Then there are the pharmacies inside the supermarkets and big-box stores.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Rental machines are available at big-box retailers and home stores.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Malls have been rapidly losing customers to online shopping and big-box stores.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • Swap a ceramic crock from a big-box retailer for a vintage vase, or pick up some art at an estate sale.
    — Laura Fenton, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • Many of these brands are household names, while others are by smaller manufacturers whose fine products will never be seen in a big-box store.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
  • That big-box retailer does not really need your birthdate to enroll you in its loyalty program.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025

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