five-and-ten

variants also five-and-dime

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Recent Examples of five-and-ten Back then, the working class community was thriving, home to clothing stores, a five-and-dime, and a Murry’s grocery store. Amanda Abrams, thehustle.co, 13 Mar. 2026 That experience, along with the widespread closings of old-fashioned five-and-dime stores, inspired Graczyk to pen the work that would be his legacy. Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026 These five-and-ten or dimestores sold general merchandise– dry goods, clothing, toys, hardware, and sometimes a soda fountain—all in one place. Dawn Thilmany, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 The blues world was changed forever on a sunny day around 1960 when a little boy walked into a five-and-dime in Los Angeles. Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 The 75-year-old daughter of Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who turned a five-and-dime store in rural Arkansas into the world’s largest company by revenue, thinks the US is very close to that breaking point. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025 The movie takes place entirely in a Texas five-and-dime store where a group of old friends (among them Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, and Kathy Bates) reunite 20 years after James Dean’s death for a reunion of their James Dean fan club. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 May 2026 The museum is near the site of Alice Walton’s father Sam Walton’s first five-and-dime store, in Alice’s childhood hometown, which is now home to Walmart’s global headquarters (and the small Walmart Museum, complete with a talking hologram of Sam Walton). Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for five-and-ten
Noun
  • 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.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • And that didn’t include Barnes & Noble outlets, college bookstores, online-only sellers, rare book dealers, Friends of the Library shops or variety stores that also sell books.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Stay at Hotel Peter & Paul, a design-forward boutique property in the Marigny neighborhood.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
  • Schiaparelli operates only a handful of boutiques worldwide, a footprint most luxury houses would consider too small to register.
    Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • In January 2015, Shirley agreed to a plea deal in exchange for testifying against the Leonard brothers.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • The resulting arguments, trolling and nasty exchanges can signal to the algorithm that the content is engaging, prompting it to show those posts to even more people who are likely to react and further amplify the conversation.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • His platform includes affordable housing, creating county mini marts, senior property reform, and connecting with residents.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • Aside from offering low prices on household brands, Nexcom's larger department stores near big bases in California, Florida and Virginia help pay for smaller shops in remote foreign outposts, such as the mini mart in Redzikowo.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge,Ryan Baker, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In a press release, the San Jose Police Department said its retail theft unit was investigating retail thefts of large amounts of golf balls from multiple retail chain stores between March 25 and May 5.
    Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • Appliances Over 10 Years Old Habitat for Humanity ReStore is one of the few secondhand chain stores that accepts large appliances—whether laundry machines or fridges.
    Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His family’s book business started when Weinstein’s uncles turned his grandfather’s thrift shop in India into a bookstore.
    Daily News, Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • Shimokitazawa is a grungy counter-culture neighborhood in western Tokyo famed for its live music scene and boho thrift shops.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • And so tourists and locals alike swarmed places with AC in Midtown, whether that be a deli or department store, looking for any relief from the outside elements.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • As part of the reconfiguration, the 10,200-square-foot Dollar Tree at the end of the center would be moved to space between the new Publix and Gabe’s discount department store.
    Catherine Muccigrosso July 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

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