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
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.
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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
Prices change by the hour, rules are made up on the fly—but unlike a garage sale, no one seems to know who's in charge.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
If the answer is no, then go ahead and leave it for another garage sale sleuth to score.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2025
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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
Prices change by the hour, rules are made up on the fly—but unlike a garage sale, no one seems to know who's in charge.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
If the answer is no, then go ahead and leave it for another garage sale sleuth to score.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garage sale
Noun
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That bunny was accidentally sold at a yard sale, a heartbreaking moment that left her inconsolable.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Estate sales, yard sales and connections with rag houses form the backbone of Low Timers’ vintage ecosystem.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
6 Aug. 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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Our only misgiving is that the whole affair isn’t staged as a tag sale in a suburban driveway rather than as a fancy do in the Peninsula Beverly Hills ballroom.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
14 June 2025
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“Garage sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garage%20sale. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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