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Recent Examples of big box
The two nameplates are now divisions of the big box sports retailer.
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Still others live in a two-parent household and happily opted to attend vocational school, join the military, go to community college, work a blue-collar job or maybe bag groceries at a local big box store post-high school.
—Essence, 11 May 2026
Store leftover pizza without the big box.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
That could include doughnut shops, roadside pie stands, local bakeries, or on occasion some very big box stores, including Costco and Sam’s Club.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Shopping at an understaffed big box store on a hot Sunday afternoon?
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
Yet the shark lawyers just need a few early wins to punish the big box retailers for offering cut rate prices.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
Still others live in a two-parent household and happily opted to attend vocational school, join the military, go to community college, work a blue-collar job or maybe bag groceries at a local big box store post-high school.
—Essence, 11 May 2026
Store leftover pizza without the big box.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
That could include doughnut shops, roadside pie stands, local bakeries, or on occasion some very big box stores, including Costco and Sam’s Club.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Shopping at an understaffed big box store on a hot Sunday afternoon?
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
Yet the shark lawyers just need a few early wins to punish the big box retailers for offering cut rate prices.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big box
Noun
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Spanning close to 350,000 square feet, the six-story department store in the Xidan area was the retailer’s second-largest worldwide at the time, after its flagship on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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There’s a subversive edge to this otherwise blithe simulacrum of a French salon inside the Printemps department store, with its frescoes, Languedoc marble tables and banquettes clad in Le Manach toile de Tours.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Along with the food shelf, the building also houses a thrift shop.—
Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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After Long Weekends Another good time of year to visit the thrift shop is right after a long weekend, no matter the time of year.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While in prison, Biglari, a 19-year-old who worked at a hair salon and the internet department of a chain store, was only allowed to have one-minute calls with his father, according to the family member.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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In 1979, Odd established a grocery chain store called REMA 1000.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The devices have been reported at five bank branches as well as variety stores, Dollar General and Dollar Tree locations and corner mom-and-pop stores, McKeever said.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Signs posted at the discount variety store call attention to the penny shortage and urge customers to pay with exact change.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But Walmart snagged first place more than any other chain, earning the top award 11 times for the best superstore across every region, conventional supermarket in the South, grocery store for store brand products, and supermarket for quick and easy shopping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
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Suburban Lawn and Garden, Kansas City, Missouri Among Suburban Lawn and Garden’s three locations, its superstore in the Kansas City neighborhood of Martin City is a local favorite for its aisles and aisles of houseplants, plants, shrubs, trees, and even topiaries and statuaries.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cloud was assessed a technical foul in the immediate moments after Jackson’s injury for an exchange with the officiating crew.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Moore tried the exchange a few more times, in different tones—more acidic, more surprised, more chaotic.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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“Big box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20box. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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