brick-and-mortar
adjective
brick-and-mor·tar
ˈbrik-ən(d)-ˈmȯr-tər 
variants
or bricks-and-mortar
: relating to or being a traditional business serving customers in a building as contrasted to an online business
a brick-and-mortar store
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Emerging digital-only brands stayed in one lane while brick-and-mortar companies operated in another.
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John Hall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Those requirements are more like ID checks at brick-and-mortar adult stores that were upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1960s, the state said.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Women’s represents about 20 percent of overall business in the brick-and-mortar sites and around 30 percent online.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
Every day, thousands of street vendors set up shop on a piece of pavement in Los Angeles and beyond to make a living and create a path out of poverty or to have their own bricks-and-mortar one day.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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John Hall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Those requirements are more like ID checks at brick-and-mortar adult stores that were upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1960s, the state said.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Women’s represents about 20 percent of overall business in the brick-and-mortar sites and around 30 percent online.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
Every day, thousands of street vendors set up shop on a piece of pavement in Los Angeles and beyond to make a living and create a path out of poverty or to have their own bricks-and-mortar one day.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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