How to Use duty-free in a Sentence

duty-free

adjective or adverb

• At least half of those duty-free parcels came from China.
  — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
• There's also a whole arcade of in-lounge duty-free shops.
  — Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
• Here, there are no duty-free shops, mega-cruise ships, or high-rise hotels.
  — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2023
• So every trek to Brazil required a stop at the duty-free shop to buy our quota of cachaca.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Forest City is a duty-free zone in Malaysia, just a few miles from Singapore.
  — Caroline Haskins, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
• The omission allows parcels valued less than $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free.
  — Brian Evans, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
• Give your toddler a wooden spoon and an upside-down pot and relish the duty-free hour (with ear plugs).
  — Katrina Donham, Parents, 21 Jan. 2025
• The provision allows people to send packages to the US duty-free as long as the goods inside are worth less than $800.
  — Zeyi Yang, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
• The number of duty-free shipments to the United States has risen more than tenfold since 2016, to four million parcels per day last year.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
• This allows for duty-free shipments of all goods priced under $800.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 2 May 2023
• Who has time to contemplate that while browsing duty-free?
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The de minimis tax exemption allows packages worth less than $800 to be shipped into the U.S. tax-free and duty-free.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
• The loophole allows $800 worth of parcels to be imported into the U.S. duty-free per person per day.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
• Plenty of travelers have been known to bring back a bottle of gin from a trip to London—or any duty-free shop, for that matter.
  — Forbes Staff, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
• Any package, from clothes to kitchenware, under that price point would come in duty-free and pass inspection faster.
  — Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
• This is also the reason behind a lack of duty-free shopping aboard Pride of America.
  — Lori A. May, Chron, 19 Mar. 2023
• The trade show, which ends on Thursday, is the annual meeting place for the global duty-free industry.
  — Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
• Hainan has the world’s largest duty-free shopping mall, and the government plans to turn the entire island into a duty-free hub as early as next year.
  — Serenitie Wang, Cnbc, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
• As a result, many foreign parts could qualify a car for duty-free treatment.
  — Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
• The closure of the duty-free trade exemption on packages worth less than $800 on May 2 did a number on air cargo in between the Chinese and U.S. markets.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
• Plus, find duty-free spots, cosmetic stores, newsstands, and candy shops here.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
• There are plenty of places to grab a bite or shop including typical duty-free items, mezcal spots, and chains like Starbucks and Carl’s Jr.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
• But both platforms in September told Ars that losing the duty-free exemption wouldn't slow their growth.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
• Shopping There are newsstands and duty-free shops on both sides of security.
  — Harriet Baskas, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2024
• However, a duty-free shop at the entrance of the terminal expansion is open.
  — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• The answer has much to do with a trade rule known as the de minimis exception, which allows parcels valued under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free per person per day.
  — Didi Tang, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
• But rules of origin often preclude these products, which are made with fibers sourced largely from Asia, from entering the U.S. duty-free.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
• Meanwhile, services such as child care and matchmaking remain duty-free.
  — Dudley L. Poston, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
• Meanwhile, services such as child care and matchmaking remain duty-free.
  — The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
• The programs offer duty-free access for thousands of imports from Africa and Haiti.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026