bookstore
noun
book·store
ˈbu̇k-ˌstȯr 
: a place of business where books are the main item offered for sale
called also bookshop
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Before the advent of bookstores in malls or standalones, as Barnes & Noble has today, nearly every drug store had a rack of the latest paperbacks, which spun around in portable wire kiosks.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the mall site is about 5,000 square feet bigger than the library building, there will be more than enough room for the bookstore.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Tom Luehrs, who serves on the leadership council of Washington Park United Church of Christ, said the nearly 100-year-old congregation is leasing roughly 5,000 square feet in an old bookstore on the former Johnson & Wales University campus in South Park Hill.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
Security video dated Sunday from the bookstore in east Jerusalem shows men searching the shelves and behind the register.
—Tovah Lazaroff, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the mall site is about 5,000 square feet bigger than the library building, there will be more than enough room for the bookstore.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Tom Luehrs, who serves on the leadership council of Washington Park United Church of Christ, said the nearly 100-year-old congregation is leasing roughly 5,000 square feet in an old bookstore on the former Johnson & Wales University campus in South Park Hill.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
Security video dated Sunday from the bookstore in east Jerusalem shows men searching the shelves and behind the register.
—Tovah Lazaroff, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
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bookstore
noun
book·store
-ˌstō(ə)r
-ˌstȯ(ə)r
: a store that sells mainly books
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