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Recent Examples of five-and-ten
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).
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Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 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 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 shopping center debuted with a small Saks Fifth Avenue, an F.W. Woolworth five-and-dime, a Food Fair grocery store and a Thom McAn shoe store.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 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
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
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
Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 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 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 shopping center debuted with a small Saks Fifth Avenue, an F.W. Woolworth five-and-dime, a Food Fair grocery store and a Thom McAn shoe store.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for five-and-ten
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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.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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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.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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From legacy grocers like Stamoolis to newer boutiques and coffee shops, these businesses are what give the Strip its flavor and help define Pittsburgh’s culture.—
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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At the glamping end of the spectrum is Le Phare, a boutique retreat in Les Portes-en-Ré, on the island’s wild northern tip.—
Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
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The team agreed to acquire wing Aaron Wiggins from the Thunder in exchange for two second-round picks, according to a person familiar with the situation.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
22 June 2026
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The Dream acquired Reese from the Chicago Sky in April in exchange for Atlanta’s first-round picks in 2027 and 2028.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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The mini mart received a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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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
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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
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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
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During the 1930s and 1940s, customers could find glassware nearly anywhere, from department stores to dime stores and from catalogs to grocery-store promotions.—
Alexandra Churchill,
Martha Stewart,
17 Apr. 2026
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And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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Fill in the gaps when entertaining with inexpensive stools or a wooden bench sourced at a thrift shop or online.—
Jenny Hughes,
The Spruce,
25 May 2026
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Estate sales, thrift shops, online marketplaces, and discount stores can be sources of hidden gems at bargain prices. 6.—
Mike Irvine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 May 2026
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Fragrance used to be a splurge purchase reserved for the department store counter.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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The department store is rethinking its approach to luxury, as consumers are now pushing back against a decade of increasingly standardized and ubiquitous products.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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“Five-and-ten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five-and-ten. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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