as in yard sale
a sale of used household and personal items
prior to the move they held a garage sale to clear out all of their unwanted stuff
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Recent Examples of garage sale
An annual event dating back to 1990, the festival has continued to offer music, food and entertainment as well as community interaction including a village-wide garage sale, activities at the local library and more.
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David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Mansfield, the Nashville historian, randomly found a copy two weeks ago in a neighborhood garage sale, just days prior to hints that a reissue was coming.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Almost 2,000 protesters in Casselberry were dressed in red, white and blue waving cardboard signs made from Sun Chips boxes and old garage sale placards along State Road 436, one of the busiest streets of the city.
—Kairi Lowery, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Why and how did it get tossed into the garage sale pile?
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
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David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Mansfield, the Nashville historian, randomly found a copy two weeks ago in a neighborhood garage sale, just days prior to hints that a reissue was coming.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Almost 2,000 protesters in Casselberry were dressed in red, white and blue waving cardboard signs made from Sun Chips boxes and old garage sale placards along State Road 436, one of the busiest streets of the city.
—Kairi Lowery, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Why and how did it get tossed into the garage sale pile?
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garage sale
Noun
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Emerick first connected with them at a yard sale out front.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
10 Oct. 2025
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To enhance the verisimilitude of his wraparound segment, Cheel augments the fictional story of alien-contact footage discovered at a yard sale with nonfiction asides about UFO culture.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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The work was also funded from the proceeds of the historical society’s 2023 upscale tag sale of The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe furnishings and watercolor paintings.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Highlights are contests for baked goods, vegetables and flowers, a used book sale, a community tag sale.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
2 July 2025
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“Garage sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garage%20sale. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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