five-and-tens

variants also five-and-dimes
plural of five-and-ten

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Noun
  • Menus from the brand’s Michelin-star-earning chefs are de rigueur, as are personalized spa therapies, and high-end boutiques such as Cartier.
    Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Someone who purchases Ahlem through an independent optician elsewhere can still walk into one of its boutiques for an adjustment or repair.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Leshy noted that land exchanges involving the Park Service are quite rare.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, the exchange integrated Polymarket Builder, a tool that lets exchanges and apps offer Polymarket’s existing prediction markets within their own products.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
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“Five-and-tens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five-and-tens. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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