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Recent Examples of chain store
The intrigue: San Francisco heavily restricts chain stores or big-box retailers with 11 or more locations throughout the U.S. from opening in certain neighborhoods due to Proposition G, a 2007 ballot measure aimed at protecting mom-and-pop shops.
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Nadia Lopez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
The complaint says that since at least 2018, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits deprived smaller businesses of access to discounts and rebates, harming their ability to compete with large national and regional chain stores.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
The project is breaking even: the farms currently supply some of the local supermarkets and chain stores with fresh produce.
—Mogomotsi Magome, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
Others purchased their trees from chain stores (21%), nurseries (16%), retail lots (15%), nonprofit organizations such as the Boy Scouts or churches (13%), online retailers (6%), or other sources (4%).
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Nadia Lopez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
The complaint says that since at least 2018, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits deprived smaller businesses of access to discounts and rebates, harming their ability to compete with large national and regional chain stores.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
The project is breaking even: the farms currently supply some of the local supermarkets and chain stores with fresh produce.
—Mogomotsi Magome, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
Others purchased their trees from chain stores (21%), nurseries (16%), retail lots (15%), nonprofit organizations such as the Boy Scouts or churches (13%), online retailers (6%), or other sources (4%).
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain store
Noun
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Four much lower buildings would face one another across the ginkgos: on one side, a department store and a science museum; on the other, a conference center and a concert hall.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Shoppers pass a Cartier luxury store, operated by Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, in the Galeries Lafayette SA luxury department store in Paris, France.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Nina and Stefan Pope — who have furnished their home for nearly 20 years with secondhand items found at thrift stores around their neighborhood — decided to tie the knot inside one of their favorite places — a thrift shop outside of Manchester, England, according to CBS News.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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Be creative, think outside the box, and definitely check out your local thrift shops.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor.—
Vicki M. Young,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
10 Sep. 2024
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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
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Werewolf Lawyer has its own distinct look, a pulp paperback straight from the golden age of dime store novels done by Ian Klarer.—
Jef Rouner,
Chron,
14 Sep. 2024
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The cease-fire and hostage deal involves Hamas gradually releasing 33 Israeli hostages held in Gaza over the next six weeks in exchange for Israel releasing nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees from the West Bank and Gaza.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
20 Jan. 2025
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In exchange for Kennedy endorsing Trump last summer, says Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the progressive government watchdog Public Citizen, Trump picked the vaccine critic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Chain store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20store. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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