shopping bag
noun
: a bag (as of strong paper) that has handles and is intended for carrying purchases
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One older woman, sparkling in a long gown, worked the carpet before collecting her cane and a Neiman’s shopping bag from a handler.
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
In the vehicle, officers located shopping bags and garbage bags full of merchandise, many of which still had retail security tags attached.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Hanging from the fence was a backpack and a reusable shopping bag — each containing a plate capable of stopping small arms fire, according to prosecutors.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, on an overcast spring day in Manhattan, the fashion designer Raul Lopez stood inside a suite at the Plaza Hotel wearing black underwear, a waist-cinching pink corset, and a white plastic shopping bag over his head.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
In the vehicle, officers located shopping bags and garbage bags full of merchandise, many of which still had retail security tags attached.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Hanging from the fence was a backpack and a reusable shopping bag — each containing a plate capable of stopping small arms fire, according to prosecutors.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, on an overcast spring day in Manhattan, the fashion designer Raul Lopez stood inside a suite at the Plaza Hotel wearing black underwear, a waist-cinching pink corset, and a white plastic shopping bag over his head.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shopping bag
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“Shopping bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20bag. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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