big box

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Noun
  • Among others, in the period new stores opened in Hyundai Jungdong department store in South Korea; at the Paragon shopping center in Singapore; in Manila, Ibiza, and at the Venice Airport.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The department store operator blew past earnings expectations from Wall Street for its second quarter, also raising its full-year outlook.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Driving by a thrift shop that looks intriguing on your way home from lunch?
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
  • Shimokitazawa is a grungy counter-culture neighborhood in western Tokyo famed for its live music scene and boho thrift shops.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Indie Store Album Sales ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain stores.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 July 2025
  • Check your local store Many local businesses and most national chain stores will remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Discount stores remain the most popular type of retailer for 62 percent of back-to-school shoppers, followed by Amazon, 56 percent, and dollar and variety stores, 42 percent.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
  • My favorite stop on the tour was a variety store called Lee Avenue Photo—specifically, the toy section.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.
    Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The arts and crafts superstore has some major must-buys for decorating and organizing.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At Home, the home décor superstore chain that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this summer, has expanded its list of store closures.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Department of Justice has quietly walked back aggressive prosecutions, signalling that builders of non-custodial protocols aren’t the same as operators of centralized exchanges.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • During the trial, after Cardi took the stand to deliver her testimony, several of her impassioned exchanges with the plaintiff's lawyer, Ron Rosen Janfaza, went viral due to her unfiltered, expletive-laced responses and animated expressions, including eye rolls and shrugs.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Big box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20box. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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