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Recent Examples of thrift shop
Nina and Stefan Pope — who have furnished their home for nearly 20 years with secondhand items found at thrift stores around their neighborhood — decided to tie the knot inside one of their favorite places — a thrift shop outside of Manchester, England, according to CBS News.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Be creative, think outside the box, and definitely check out your local thrift shops.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Rummaging through your local flea markets, estate sales, and thrift shops can produce some true gems in the coffee table book department.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
Original Artwork The art section of most thrift shops is ripe for the picking.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Be creative, think outside the box, and definitely check out your local thrift shops.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Rummaging through your local flea markets, estate sales, and thrift shops can produce some true gems in the coffee table book department.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
Original Artwork The art section of most thrift shops is ripe for the picking.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for thrift shop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrift shop
Noun
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Four much lower buildings would face one another across the ginkgos: on one side, a department store and a science museum; on the other, a conference center and a concert hall.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Shoppers pass a Cartier luxury store, operated by Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, in the Galeries Lafayette SA luxury department store in Paris, France.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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The number of wholesale food distributors that served their grocery in the 1990s has diminished from seven in the region to one in Grand Rapids, owned by Spartan Foods, which owns and operates two Family Fare chain stores in Benzie County and 79 other grocery stores in Michigan.—
Keith Schneider,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Other chain stores have recently announced closures, including Walgreens, which shut stores in Aurora and Denver in 2024.—
Judith Kohler,
The Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2025
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Here are just some of the everyday items that would be affected if duties on goods from China, Canada and Mexico take effect. Miami, Five Below, discount variety store merchandise.—
Melissa Repko,Gabrielle Fonrouge,Michael Wayland,Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor.—
Vicki M. Young,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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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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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
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Considered the largest flea market in the world, there are more than 2,000 boutiques here, and they're scattered across more than a dozen individual markets.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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And in a boutique vs. online? • What are the revenues by product type in wholesale (B2B)?—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hamas released three women to Israel, its first batch of hostages, in exchange for Palestinians prisoners to be set free by Israel.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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In other words, Bibi has paused long enough now to gain leverage - with American help - for success on a bigger scale than a hostage exchange.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Thrift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrift%20shop. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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