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foot traffic

noun

: people walking : pedestrian activity
an area that gets a lot of foot traffic

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Maria Belokurova, owner of Raw Edge inside The Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue, said foot traffic is up along the Mag Mile, helping not just major stores like Nordstrom just down the hall, but smaller ones like hers. Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025 Like any flooring, hardwoods get dirty from everyday foot traffic, spills, pets, and dust. Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2025 Target, which is undergoing a CEO change of its own, is tinkering its fulfillment strategies in select Chicago-area stores to further understand how each location is best suited to fulfill online orders based on foot traffic and storage capacity. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 Nov. 2025 Even so, Messenger said, casinos – with their large volumes of cash and intensifying pressure to boost foot traffic and bring in high-rollers as online gambling gains in popularity – remain a rich venue for rinsing criminal proceeds. Rob Kuznia, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foot traffic

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“Foot traffic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20traffic. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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