variety store

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Recent Examples of variety store The prominent corner store has seen a succession of uses over the years: it’s been a variety store (the G.C. Murphy five-and-dime shop), a dollar store, an antique mall and, most recently, a restaurant called the Five and Dime Ale House, which closed last year. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024 Discount department stores remained the most popular destination for shoppers, followed by Dollar/variety stores, apparel, footwear, and accessory retailers. Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 Two men have been arrested in connection to the beating death of a man at a variety store in Phoenix, authorities said. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2023 On a piece of notebook paper, Robinson-Goodnight recently jotted down in bright-blue ink the web of businesses that her family has lost over the years — a variety store, a coffee shop, a bar. Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for variety store 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variety store
Noun
  • Four much lower buildings would face one another across the ginkgos: on one side, a department store and a science museum; on the other, a conference center and a concert hall.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Shoppers pass a Cartier luxury store, operated by Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, in the Galeries Lafayette SA luxury department store in Paris, France.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Dana Taylor: Art resembling that created by Indigenous people has shown up in chain stores like Urban Outfitters and online retailers such as Amazon.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • If the thought of throngs of shoppers in crowded high street chain stores fills you with horror, there is another side to London Christmas shopping.
    Michele Robson, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Nina and Stefan Pope — who have furnished their home for nearly 20 years with secondhand items found at thrift stores around their neighborhood — decided to tie the knot inside one of their favorite places — a thrift shop outside of Manchester, England, according to CBS News.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Be creative, think outside the box, and definitely check out your local thrift shops.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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
Noun
  • The cease-fire and hostage deal involves Hamas gradually releasing 33 Israeli hostages held in Gaza over the next six weeks in exchange for Israel releasing nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees from the West Bank and Gaza.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • In exchange for Kennedy endorsing Trump last summer, says Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the progressive government watchdog Public Citizen, Trump picked the vaccine critic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Variety store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variety%20store. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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