as in store
an establishment where goods are sold to consumers
we wandered around the bazaar looking to buy gifts
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Recent Examples of bazaar
From dusk, sidewalks, store or office verandas and car parking spaces burst into unorthodox open-air bazaars, offering anything from groceries to fresh meat, electronics, clothes, medicines, fashion accessories and stationery.
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Farai Mutsaka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Toronto is also being deliberate in pitching its first-ever official market in 2026 as a bazaar for content, and not just movies.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
Tower Records: a gleaming consumerist bazaar of genres and styles.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
Augustine had grown up in the religious bazaar of late antiquity, where traditional Roman religion, Christianity, and various gnostic and philosophic sects had adherents.
—Mark Lilla, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Farai Mutsaka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Toronto is also being deliberate in pitching its first-ever official market in 2026 as a bazaar for content, and not just movies.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
Tower Records: a gleaming consumerist bazaar of genres and styles.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
Augustine had grown up in the religious bazaar of late antiquity, where traditional Roman religion, Christianity, and various gnostic and philosophic sects had adherents.
—Mark Lilla, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bazaar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bazaar
Noun
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The company announced plans to launch physical Skims stores and a Los Angeles store is still in the works.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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To get their money back, consumers can return the empty bottles to a store, reverse vending machine or drop-off point.—
Rebecca Pryor,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Tiger's presence was also felt through his brand, Sun Day Red, which set up shop at the 17th hole.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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The East New York Depot is home to about 250 buses as well as maintenance, repair and tire shops, fuel tanks and MTA offices, and sits directly adjacent to the subway system’s East New York Yard.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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At a suburban gaming emporium, staff are closing up for the night.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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Bergdorf’s determines the holiday window concept by February and the designing begins in earnest by April, according to David Hoey, the luxury emporium’s senior director of visual presentation.—
David Moin,
WWD,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Bazaar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bazaar. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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