as in secondary
taken or created from something original or basic
memoirs filled with secondhand stories about show-business celebrities
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Recent Examples of secondhand
More than 297,000 secondhand items were listed by more than 148,000 unique sellers.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
This means hitting up antique malls, vintage shops, secondhand retailers, and thrift stores.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
Buyers are more than ever turning to secondhand resale platforms, with 37 percent of shoppers doing so on online platforms such as Whatnot, Depop and The RealReal.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
The hybrid online program offers an in-depth exploration of the secondhand textile system, focusing on how vast quantities of clothing end up in Africa.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 June 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
This means hitting up antique malls, vintage shops, secondhand retailers, and thrift stores.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
Buyers are more than ever turning to secondhand resale platforms, with 37 percent of shoppers doing so on online platforms such as Whatnot, Depop and The RealReal.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
The hybrid online program offers an in-depth exploration of the secondhand textile system, focusing on how vast quantities of clothing end up in Africa.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondhand
Adjective
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Ideally, this wouldn’t involve adding just one top-six winger this offseason, but rather adding several pieces to revamp the club’s secondary scoring support up and down the lineup.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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There’s also the risk of secondary toxicity if a mole comes to the surface, dies, and is eaten by a raptor or other predator.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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On its current trajectory, the surest promise that generative AI offers is not creating new originators, but massively scaling up the production of derivative art.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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The integral counts much more than the derivative, thankfully, meaning there are errors which eventually correct themselves.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2025
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“Secondhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondhand. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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