big-box
adjective
: of, relating to, or being a large chain store having a boxlike structure
big box
noun
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Nearby are strip shopping centers with restaurants and big-box stores and sprawling residential communities filled with commuters.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
When the big-box retail industry emerged, Sam Walton sold his small stores in small towns and launched Walmart in the big-box category – but in small towns to dominate the industry.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
If there’s an easy place to go in the big-box store of genre tropes, The First Shadow heads there with gusto, rampaging down the aisles and knocking full shelves of stuff into its shopping cart: Look, if the people want Fast Times at Hawkins High, give it to them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The big-box companies are in the crosshairs of Trump’s trade policies, with tariffs poised to raise costs for retailers and consumers.
—Sara Salinas, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
When the big-box retail industry emerged, Sam Walton sold his small stores in small towns and launched Walmart in the big-box category – but in small towns to dominate the industry.
—Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
If there’s an easy place to go in the big-box store of genre tropes, The First Shadow heads there with gusto, rampaging down the aisles and knocking full shelves of stuff into its shopping cart: Look, if the people want Fast Times at Hawkins High, give it to them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The big-box companies are in the crosshairs of Trump’s trade policies, with tariffs poised to raise costs for retailers and consumers.
—Sara Salinas, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big-box
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“Big-box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-box. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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