How to Use dollar store in a Sentence

dollar store

noun

• Skip over to your local craft or dollar store for some beads and pom-poms.
  — Sam Reece, SELF, 12 Oct. 2023
• When workers at a dollar store called 911, her arms were seized with heat cramps and her skin was as red as licorice.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 16 July 2023
• In some places, dollar stores are the only retailers around.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• More communities are turning away from the prospect of a dollar store opening up in their town.
  — Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
• Other DIYers have been able to find wooden ones from Michaels or their local dollar store, and some are even pre-lit.
  — Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
• That’s why dollar stores have been struggling while sales at Walmart and Amazon have been booming.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
• The grassroots opposition to dollar stores is just the latest bump in the road for these retailers.
  — Carey L. Biron, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
• Because dollar store fans often share their finds on social media, many of the best deals are fleeting.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
• Later that fall, Brittany found a steadier job, working at a dollar store.
  — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
• Musser challenged McMullen about how much Kroger competes with dollar stores and club stores.
  — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2024
• Her ward does have dollar stores with shelf-stable products, but now residents can’t shop for fresh food without a car.
  — Alana Semuels, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• To make: Apply a few even layers of silver spray paint to nine plastic skeleton hands (available at dollar stores).
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• But the format unraveled in the 1990s at the hands of first Walmart, then dollar stores, then the internet, most of which could offer customers more for lower cost.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
• Though Daiso was originally founded in Japan as a 100-yen store — the equivalent of a dollar store — its prices have since increased.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• Daiso is often likened to a dollar store, known for budget-friendly pricing but a more limited range of products.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
• The best ones are prayer candles from local dollar stores, as the glass prevents them from easily being blown out by the wind or guests passing by, says Baroncini.
  — Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• Two markets, a senior center and a dollar store are among the East Hartford establishments that failed health inspections the last year.
  — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2023
• Shoppers on tight budgets have increasingly turned to dollar stores for food.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
• Over the years, some dollar store items and clothing from online fast-fashion sellers have been found to contain toxic chemicals.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
• Since their beginnings in the 1950s, dollar stores have mushroomed across the U.S., sprouting up in urban and rural communities alike.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
• In Tulsa, Oklahoma, city council approved a zoning measure to ensure dollar stores are built at least a mile apart.
  — Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
• Ones who live in communities where dollar stores serve as the center of commerce and community.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• Convenience and dollar stores help fill the void, but usually lack fresh affordable options to meet dietary needs.
  — Luke Fountain, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2024
• The Chicago measures are just the latest in around 130 restrictions imposed on dollar store expansion in recent years.
  — Carey L. Biron, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
• Budget: Advent calendars can be purchased at dollar stores and grocery for a few dollars.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 3 Nov. 2023
• But the price bump also shined a spotlight on another growing factor of dollar stores: shrinkflation.
  — Justin Klawans, theweek, 29 Mar. 2024
• In the report, researchers said more than 70 cities and towns had already blocked new projects from chain dollar stores and 50 cities enacted laws to permit the discount retailers' plans for expansion.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• Some commentators have argued that dollar stores do not help address the ills of poverty so much as exacerbate them.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• Here's why communities are pushing back against dollar stores.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• Get into the spirit of the season with these easy dollar store decorations that are super cheap—but look extravagant.
  — Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024