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Recent Examples of consignment
Lola Saratoga Serious vintage luxury shoppers should head to Lola Saratoga, a consignment shop with a one-of-a-kind collection of designer pieces.
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Cat Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
The museum embraces the town’s unique role as a final home after one’s life, showcasing everything from early-20th-century embalming equipment to the tombstones of 19th-century San Francisco residents — once sold in a Santa Cruz consignment shop and advertised as Halloween decorations.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Apparently, the consignment sold to him by his contact in the British Army was only available because it had been tagged for disposal.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
For Kozlin, who once managed more than 12,000 luxury clients as an account manager at a luxury consignment brand, the conversation felt nostalgic.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Cat Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
The museum embraces the town’s unique role as a final home after one’s life, showcasing everything from early-20th-century embalming equipment to the tombstones of 19th-century San Francisco residents — once sold in a Santa Cruz consignment shop and advertised as Halloween decorations.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Apparently, the consignment sold to him by his contact in the British Army was only available because it had been tagged for disposal.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
For Kozlin, who once managed more than 12,000 luxury clients as an account manager at a luxury consignment brand, the conversation felt nostalgic.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consignment
Noun
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Three interior pockets keep everything organized, while the tote’s zip closure ensures your precious cargo stays secure.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Jan. 2026
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Later that night, Pine visits the weapons site with his former hotel colleague and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who rig the cargo trucks with cell-phone detonating explosives.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The historically Black college suffered a yearslong setback after a previous leader’s financial mismanagement and embezzlement got the institution’s accreditation revoked in 2002.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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The firm focuses on helping institutions establish overseas campuses, strengthen global collaborations, manage accreditation and curriculum requirements, and address logistical and administrative complexities.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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The police soon found that a suspect who arrived at the warehouse with a truck and a fake airway bill had loaded the gold shipment onto the truck and stolen it.—
Ahmad Mukhtar,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The airway bill was a duplicate of one used the previous day to pick up a shipment of seafood, Mavity said.—
Josh Margolin,
ABC News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 12,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Corporate and government leaders regularly reissue return-to-office mandates, citing performance concerns.—
Justin Harlan,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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If approved by federal regulators, the merger would create the nation's first transcontinental railroad company controlling nearly half of American rail freight.—
Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Echo Global Logistics is rolling out customs brokerage services for cross-border freight swapped between the North American countries.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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But the tickets can be used on consecutive or nonconsecutive dates, and visitors can opt to visit a single WDW park on more than one day during the promotion.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Also ahead for the Grammy winner is a tour in promotion of her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine, beginning in June 2026.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Excavators will support autonomous trenching, loading, grading, and related operations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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For top-loading machines, never fill laundry past the agitator.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2026
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According to the Hood County News, the five-member commission discussed how the county has the authority to protect the watershed, recreation, wildlife and people.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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The commission also emphasized that Verizon’s stricter unlocking obligations never applied industry-wide.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Consignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consignment. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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