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Recent Examples of thrift shop
One of the most fun ways to spend a wintery afternoon with friends is digging through thrift shops.
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
Nubby quilts warm up the bedrooms, a sultry Soane fabric dresses up a thrift shop–found sofa, and an original soapstone sink rough up the new mudroom.
—Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2025
Room, board and group therapy are free, in exchange for which residents work at the many businesses the academy runs, including thrift shops, a construction company and a moving and storage business.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The West Village Poway project was developed at the site of the former Poway Fun Bowl and Carriage Center, where thrift shops had been located.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
Nubby quilts warm up the bedrooms, a sultry Soane fabric dresses up a thrift shop–found sofa, and an original soapstone sink rough up the new mudroom.
—Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2025
Room, board and group therapy are free, in exchange for which residents work at the many businesses the academy runs, including thrift shops, a construction company and a moving and storage business.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The West Village Poway project was developed at the site of the former Poway Fun Bowl and Carriage Center, where thrift shops had been located.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrift shop
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Belk bankruptcy and debts The Belk family sold its department store chain to private equity firm Sycamore Partners for $3 billion in December 2015.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2025
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Faizon is perhaps best known for playing the manager of fictional department store Gimbels in 2003's Elf.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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The economic blackout which aims to hurt large corporations by telling consumers not to spend money at major retailers and chain stores is an action that may end up hurting small businesses, the backbone of America.—
Shelley E. Kohan,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Consciously or not, Orsolya has played an active role in such urban growth; her job is to evict people from the lots that have been gobbled up by the government and/or greedy real estate developers who want to turn them into condos, chain stores, and luxury hotels.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
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Going back in time, most Minnesota small towns shared similarities, including schools, drug stores, variety stores, cafes, churches, hardware stores, bars, baseball fields, gas stations, volunteer fire departments, American Legions and local newspapers.—
Tom Redman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Here are just some of the everyday items that would be affected if duties on goods from China, Canada and Mexico take effect. Miami, Five Below, discount variety store merchandise.—
Melissa Repko,Gabrielle Fonrouge,Michael Wayland,Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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Designer Lauren Garrett sourced a 16th-century Aubusson tapestry from her own boutique Galerie Was, as a backdrop for the custom sofa.—
Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Hotel’s History The boutique hotel is situated in a 14th century palazzo that was originally built as a convent; 500 years later it was transformed by Sister Maria Raimonda Fuentes to shelter and provide education for underprivileged girls.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Moscow returning to Western diplomatic forums could also be an incentive but any meeting between the U.S. and Russian presidents should only be offered in exchange for genuine progress toward ending the war, the Quincy Institute said.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the current funding cycle, landowners in Fisher's irrigation district alone are getting about $40 million in exchange for cutting back on their water use.—
Alex Hager,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Thrift shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrift%20shop. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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