brick-and-mortar
adjective
brick-and-mor·tar
ˈbrik-ən(d)-ˈmȯr-tər 
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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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With most products available online, often at lower prices, department stores must offer some real value to the brick-and-mortar shopper.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Shein’s new brick-and-mortar store—its first in the world—sticks out like a sore thumb.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
As ever will also be making its first-ever debut in a brick-and-mortar store for the 2025 holiday season.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The controversy further inflamed tensions in Paris over Shein’s plan to open its first-ever brick-and-mortar location in a department store this week.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Shein’s new brick-and-mortar store—its first in the world—sticks out like a sore thumb.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
As ever will also be making its first-ever debut in a brick-and-mortar store for the 2025 holiday season.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The controversy further inflamed tensions in Paris over Shein’s plan to open its first-ever brick-and-mortar location in a department store this week.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brick-and-mortar
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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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