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Recent Examples of carriage trade
Both industrialized what had previously been cottage industries—in Ford’s case, the artisanal carriage trade; in Seabrook’s, market gardening.
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John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Once the sale of the North Avenue Market complex was official a few weeks ago, a new arts partnership began envisioning a future for this 1928 landmark where Baltimore’s carriage trade once did their food shopping.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
As the carriage trade swaps horses for horsepower, Gucci shifts focus from saddlery to luxury goods, marking the modern incarnation of the company.
—Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021
The 11-story neo-Renaissance palazzo, right next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and across Fifth Avenue from Rockefeller Center, remains a stalwart purveyor of luxury fashion to New York’s carriage trade after nearly a century.
—Joshua Levine, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2019
And over the years, several have come from the carriage trade, including the one in New York City.
—Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2017
John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Once the sale of the North Avenue Market complex was official a few weeks ago, a new arts partnership began envisioning a future for this 1928 landmark where Baltimore’s carriage trade once did their food shopping.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
As the carriage trade swaps horses for horsepower, Gucci shifts focus from saddlery to luxury goods, marking the modern incarnation of the company.
—Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021
The 11-story neo-Renaissance palazzo, right next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and across Fifth Avenue from Rockefeller Center, remains a stalwart purveyor of luxury fashion to New York’s carriage trade after nearly a century.
—Joshua Levine, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2019
And over the years, several have come from the carriage trade, including the one in New York City.
—Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carriage trade
Noun
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The Rondini sandals, bags, and accessories collected by the international jet set can now be shipped internationally.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
23 Aug. 2025
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Members of Manhattan’s jet set, including designer Zac Posen, editor Derek Blasberg, and stylist Elizabeth Saltzman, turned out in celebration.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
10 July 2025
Noun
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These days, nothing infuriates liberals more than to be lectured about the American plutocracy — not when Trump is perhaps the most brazenly corrupt president to hold the office in modern history.—
Alexander Heffner,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2025
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The turn toward market liberalization around 1980 unleashed a second wave of plutocracy.—
DANIEL WALDENSTROM,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Hello, all you beautiful people!—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
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Director Tarsem Singh lensed the original campaign in which Roberts arrives at a party chock-a-block with beautiful people.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Carriage trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carriage%20trade. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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