Thesaurus results for BIG BOX

big box

noun

Definition of big box

as in department store

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Recent Examples of big box Pick one up from any big box or restaurant supply store and fill it with oil. — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 June 2026 The aisles of the big box store of your choice are bursting with pool noodles, sunscreen, Pride rainbow sunglasses, and American flags. — Jennifer Rosen Heinz, Parents, 17 June 2026 The next big goal, Burns says, is getting more products in more big box stores. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 June 2026 The big box furniture giant is planning a 48,000-square-foot store in The West District at UTC near REI. — Jason Dill june 11, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026 Well it’s expected to make some big box office bucks this weekend, but sadly this reboot, simply called once again Scary Movie, is surprisingly devoid of many laughs. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 June 2026 Big productions like Giant (starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl) and a starry revival of Death of a Salesman (produced by controversial comeback kid Scott Rudin) have captured attention and produced big box office receipts. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 June 2026 New York City is currently a bit of a wasteland for big box stores like Dick’s Sporting Goods or even Walmart that often sell that merchandise. — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 28 May 2026 Mortgage rates hit a nine month peak, inflation is up, earnings at big box stores like Walmart are up, in part because people from across the income spectrum are being drawn to low prices right now. — CBS News, 24 May 2026

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Noun

Qatar owns the Harrods department store in London and founded the powerful Al Jazeera satellite news network.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
According to interviews with Hooper, the concept for the film crystallized for him after a Christmastime visit to a Montgomery Ward department store.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

Definition of department store

Noun

In a press release, the San Jose Police Department said its retail theft unit was investigating retail thefts of large amounts of golf balls from multiple retail chain stores between March 25 and May 5.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Appliances Over 10 Years Old Habitat for Humanity ReStore is one of the few secondhand chain stores that accepts large appliances—whether laundry machines or fridges.

— Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 14 May 2026

Definition of chain store

Noun

Opening in 1951, the Broadway Shopping Center, as it was then called, also offered space for several anchor department stores, along with a Woolworth variety store.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
And that didn’t include Barnes & Noble outlets, college bookstores, online-only sellers, rare book dealers, Friends of the Library shops or variety stores that also sell books.

— Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 20 May 2026

Definition of variety store

Noun

During the 1930s and 1940s, customers could find glassware nearly anywhere, from department stores to dime stores and from catalogs to grocery-store promotions.

— Alexandra Churchill, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026
And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026

Definition of dime store

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Walmart The superstore stock has plenty of runway as Walmart 's efforts to court more affluent consumers begin to pay off, according to Bank of America.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 5 July 2026
The Fyne Audio Cubitt 5 is the name given to a pair of state-of-the-art Bluetooth bookshelf speakers that make your humble superstore own brand setup seem like a prehistoric ear trumpet.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 June 2026

Definition of superstore

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The footage, published by the Idaho State Journal, shows that an exchange of expletives ensued.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The United States and Iran have traded new attacks, intensifying an exchange that threatens to collapse their agreement to end the war.

— Courtney Kube, NBC news, 9 July 2026

Definition of exchange

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