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Recent Examples of chain store
All of the retail would be leased to local operators, an intentional divergence from a town dotted with chain stores.
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Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
The founders, a group of east side residents, wanted an alternative to chain stores that offered healthy, organic options, according to the co-op's website.
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Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
23 Mar. 2026
The honeycomb mirror over the fireplace was an inexpensive purchase from a chain store.
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Zoe Gowen,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2025
The road behind the chain store will be blocked off to include a vinyl pop-up record store, photo booth, friendship bracelets, glitter sprinkles on Starbucks cold foam drinks and more.
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Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chain store
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
The founders, a group of east side residents, wanted an alternative to chain stores that offered healthy, organic options, according to the co-op's website.
—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
23 Mar. 2026
The honeycomb mirror over the fireplace was an inexpensive purchase from a chain store.
—
Zoe Gowen,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2025
The road behind the chain store will be blocked off to include a vinyl pop-up record store, photo booth, friendship bracelets, glitter sprinkles on Starbucks cold foam drinks and more.
—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chain store
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain store
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Carroll’s claims stem from a 1990s incident at New York department store Bergdorf Goodman.
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Those will provide the testbed as FAO Schwarz attempts to introduce its brand to customers new and old and Nordstrom pitches to differentiate in a competitive department store market.
Noun
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His family’s book business started when Weinstein’s uncles turned his grandfather’s thrift shop in India into a bookstore.
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Fill in the gaps when entertaining with inexpensive stools or a wooden bench sourced at a thrift shop or online.
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Notable tenants in the Metropolitan have included the Los Angeles Public Library, Owl Drug Co., variety store J.J. Newberry and real estate company Janns Investment Co., which sold the land where UCLA is built and developed Westwood Village, among other Los Angeles neighborhoods.
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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.
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And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.
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This came after an exchange of fire in previous days between the US and Iran.
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The district countered with an offer of several months pay in exchange for giving up the right to indemnification, the sources said.
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“Chain store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20store. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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