as in cheap
costing little
a dime-store tablecloth that is certainly good enough for a picnic
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as in department store
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Recent Examples of dime store
Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
Then Bur-lers Variety, another local dime store chain that’s now down to a lone store in Warren.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Its storytelling is straightforward, familiar, and even didactic, culminating in a dime-store Freudian sequence which flashes back to a moment from John’s childhood in which his father wins a painting contest at a local fair.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Yes, the saga of Isa Bahu and his family’s gas station reads like a bad dime store novel.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
Then Bur-lers Variety, another local dime store chain that’s now down to a lone store in Warren.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
Noun
Why, then, does the show have all the resonance of a dime-store, plywood knockoff?
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Its storytelling is straightforward, familiar, and even didactic, culminating in a dime-store Freudian sequence which flashes back to a moment from John’s childhood in which his father wins a painting contest at a local fair.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dime store
Adjective
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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It’s been used to import cheap foreign labor at the expense of Americans.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Set appropriately inside the creepy, abandoned Sears department store, the carnival includes a bunch of ways to get your kicks, giggles and jump scares.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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British luxury department store Harrods will present a series of talks highlighting leading fashion voices in Shanghai and London at the team rooms inside its private members’ club, The Residence.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Which inexpensive movies will emerge as Movies Fantasy League bargains?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In addition to being inexpensive entertainment, with a low bar to entry, bowling was familiar to and popular with European immigrant groups, particularly Wisconsin’s German community.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Indie Store Album Sales ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain stores.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
7 July 2025
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Check your local store Many local businesses and most national chain stores will remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The commission tabled the item to provide more time for Experience Fayetteville staff to evaluate the worth of the property, the house's annual expenses, a reasonable market-rate rent range and the total cost of repairs to the property paid for by Experience Fayetteville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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The federal law requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for workers with disabilities unless doing so would cause undue hardship.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For those that live in the neighborhood, offerings at the Metropolitan Bar and Kitchen’s variety store are convenient for those looking to stop in for pizza and beer, wine and other items.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Discount stores remain the most popular type of retailer for 62 percent of back-to-school shoppers, followed by Amazon, 56 percent, and dollar and variety stores, 42 percent.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Mastercard is also featured; its Strive program, launched in 2021, helps micro and small business owners access affordable credit and digital tools to manage their finances.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Raines provides comprehensive counsel across key practice areas, including bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, real estate, litigation, and specialties like fiduciary representation, intellectual property, and affordable housing.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All of the members who work in the thrift shop volunteer their time and proceeds from the shop’s sales fund the league’s various initiatives.—
Jeffrey Miller,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mattresses and Box Springs Mattresses are a common source of thrift shop confusion.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Dime store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dime%20store. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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