as in secondary
taken or created from something original or basic
memoirs filled with secondhand stories about show-business celebrities
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Hammel also urges amateur secondhand sleuths to keep an open mind.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
In September, Greenpeace Africa launched a petition to regulate the secondhand clothing market in Ghana, alongside a report which found that 500,000 items of unsold clothing from the market are dumped in open spaces and unofficial landfill sites in the country every week.
—Olivia Pinnock, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
This could take the form of buying secondhand goods, recycling, saving energy, changing transportation and cleaning up outdoor environments.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
It is projected to continue to grow rapidly and more than double by 2027, with one-quarter of all clothes sold in 2027 projected to be secondhand.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
In September, Greenpeace Africa launched a petition to regulate the secondhand clothing market in Ghana, alongside a report which found that 500,000 items of unsold clothing from the market are dumped in open spaces and unofficial landfill sites in the country every week.
—Olivia Pinnock, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
This could take the form of buying secondhand goods, recycling, saving energy, changing transportation and cleaning up outdoor environments.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
It is projected to continue to grow rapidly and more than double by 2027, with one-quarter of all clothes sold in 2027 projected to be secondhand.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Secondhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondhand. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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