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Recent Examples of rummage sale
The Children’s Farm at The Center hosts its annual fall rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 22 through 24 at 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The 49ers will continue to add players who won’t excite the fan base, but NFL free agency is a rummage sale.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The Anaheim United Methodist Church is planning its annual rummage sale over a couple of weekends next month.
—Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
The farmers market, plant sales, ‘Movies in the Gardens,’ neighborhood cleanups, rummage sales, trick-or-treating, ‘National Night Out,’ educational programs, and an array of performances are just a few of the many events that use the space throughout the year.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The 49ers will continue to add players who won’t excite the fan base, but NFL free agency is a rummage sale.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The Anaheim United Methodist Church is planning its annual rummage sale over a couple of weekends next month.
—Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
The farmers market, plant sales, ‘Movies in the Gardens,’ neighborhood cleanups, rummage sales, trick-or-treating, ‘National Night Out,’ educational programs, and an array of performances are just a few of the many events that use the space throughout the year.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rummage sale
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The premise of a single shareholder buying, fixing, then selling a company has been replaced by what is, if not quite a shadow stock exchange, at least a thriving jumble sale of stakes, slices, portfolios, and side deals.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The prevalence of stars presents a problem, though, and searching for a Population III star among billions in the Milky Way is like searching for genuine Ancient Egyptian artifacts at a jumble sale in Texas.—
Emma Chapman,
Discover Magazine,
6 Mar. 2021
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Facebook Marketplace, the social media giant's digital equivalent of a garage sale, has gained a reputation for the eclectic items people hawk on the platform – furniture, cars, clothes, even aircraft.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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An estimated 165,000 garage sales take place across the U.S. every week, according to figures published by USA Today.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Muise said that Moscow, home to the University of Idaho, is like other college towns and cities around the nation, where lights posts and street signs are targets for all kinds of political messaging (or nonpolitical messaging, such as fliers for yard sales, concerts or missing pets).—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Dec. 2025
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People have yard sales in here.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Rummage sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rummage%20sale. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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