big box

noun

Definition of big boxnext
as in department store

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big box
  1. department store
  2. thrift shop
  3. chain store
  4. variety store
  5. dime store
  6. superstore
  7. exchange
Noun
  • For more than six decades, the department store has advertised over-the-top holiday packages.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • So this latest installment has been passed on to British commercials and music video director Dougal Wilson, best known locally for his Christmas-time advertisements for department store John Lewis, including that one featuring a boxer dog on a trampoline.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of department store
Noun
  • The number of upcoming sports events was the factor that was most heavily weighted in the study, but other factors such as the number of green spaces and thrift shops in the city were also considered.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The funky thrift shop sells upcycled clothing, jewelry and vinyl records, and is open Thursday through Sunday.
    Axios Denver, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of thrift shop
Noun
  • Advertisement Brown’s inspiration is not just from memories of his youth at the chain store, but contemporary efforts like Jack White’s Third Man Records.
    Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of customers in sectors where the former box-store chain was once a major player: Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart and Dollar Tree.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of chain store
Noun
  • 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
  • Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of variety store
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of dime store
Noun
  • The always on-trend home interior store superstore, with locations in Huntington Beach and Irvine, delivers a cross-aesthetic selection of furnishings for every room in the house.
    Liz Ohanesian, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Designers love this superstore for indoor and outdoor home decor.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of superstore
Noun
  • The filing also details a securities subscription agreement with the CEO, resulting in the issuance of 6,000,000 Series B Shares in exchange for debt cancellation.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Plus, read a transcript of their exchange below: Andrea Canning: Hey Evy.
    Dateline NBC, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of exchange
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