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as in store
also shoppe
an establishment where goods are sold to consumers
the only shop that has that video game in stock is halfway across the state
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the patient impressed her cardiologist with her ability to talk shop
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as in to inform (on)
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Recent Examples of shop
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
However, yard sales shouldn't be seen as a one-stop shop, pros caution.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
The shop serves the full frozen dessert lineup.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
These days, the shops are nearly unrecognizable.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 June 2026
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Noun
Just be sure to give the shop cat a little scratch under the chin before setting off.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
However, yard sales shouldn't be seen as a one-stop shop, pros caution.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
The shop serves the full frozen dessert lineup.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
These days, the shops are nearly unrecognizable.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop
Noun
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Near a bulldozer, the forlorn husk of a car hunkered in the midst of a store’s wreckage.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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Amazon’s fashion store is filled with thousands of airport outfits that are lightweight, stylish, and, most importantly, comfortable.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Everpure said that their FlashBlades deliver ultra-low latency and leverage KV Cache Accelerators to optimize memory efficient during inference, scaling as needed with various FlashBlade products to expand to support a large AI factory.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Memory suppliers are building new factories, called fabs, but much of the additional capacity could still go to the more profitable HBM memory, and the capacity is expected to take years to come online.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Learning about their industry and its terminology would be a huge task for me.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
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Every major technology shift creates terminology confusion.—
Manick Bhan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Verb
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So lean into the solstice this week, do some real stargazing and build your confidence gradually while the geometry of Earth's tilt turns in your favor.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
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At higher speeds, the rear wheels turn in line with those at the front, boosting stability.—
Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Fazio offered a blueprint Wednesday to reduce Connecticut’s over-reliance on municipal property tax, including boosting state education grants, reducing exemptions for private universities and hospitals and capping future mill rate hikes.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026
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Where to Eat and Drink For date night, or to take advantage of the unique opportunity to dine within a former grain mill, head to Weathervane Restaurant, open daily for lunch and dinner.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
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Shanghainese scriptwriter Zhang interwove her personal experience into the script, with more than 50% of the dialogue spoken in the Shanghai dialect.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Ultimately the difficulty of the task was what led him to sign on, which involved working with three different dialect coaches and studying with a Cuban professor named Rafael Rojas.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The process can take anywhere from days to months to years, depending on the size of the enrichment plant, the technology being used and how far the uranium is being enriched.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Tips for Designing with Dahlias Dahlias, except for a few varieties, are large, nearly bush-sized plants with impressive blooms.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Noun
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There is no real vocabulary and no grammar.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 June 2026
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Is retirement in your vocabulary at all?—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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