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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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Yet the influencers have thrived by portraying Dubai as a magnet for the business-class (and above) global jet set, who are drawn to the city’s futuristic, crossroads-of-the-world appeal.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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Others are favored by the Insta-famous jet set.—
Tim Chester,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Populists opted for an alliance, promising a war on the plutocracy.—
David McWilliams,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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Indeed, with authoritarian plutocracy now ever more entrenched, the only restructuring going on is of another order entirely.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This is the Olympics for the beautiful people.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
13 Mar. 2026
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The theater was packed with young, beautiful people who cheered the dancers like Knicks fans.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Carriage trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carriage%20trade. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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