as in secondary
taken or created from something original or basic
memoirs filled with secondhand stories about show-business celebrities
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Recent Examples of secondhand
Put in your name, and then wander around for a drink somewhere or browse the racks at the ritzy secondhand shop two doors down.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Save yourself some money by shopping for a secondhand rug at an estate sale.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
Visa is supporting digital passports to ensure the authenticity of goods as well as ensure the payments systems behind secondhand transactions.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 June 2025
An entrepreneurship professor liked their initial idea, a browser extension that made secondhand retail easier, and invested the first $250,000 as a grant.
—Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Save yourself some money by shopping for a secondhand rug at an estate sale.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
Visa is supporting digital passports to ensure the authenticity of goods as well as ensure the payments systems behind secondhand transactions.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 June 2025
An entrepreneurship professor liked their initial idea, a browser extension that made secondhand retail easier, and invested the first $250,000 as a grant.
—Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondhand
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Instead, the real meat on the bones is secondary tariffs of 100% on importers of Russian energy, such as India and China, who indirectly provide the Kremlin with tens of billions of dollars that finance its war effort.—
Daniel DePetris,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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But Trump did not rule out applying the new secondary sanctions on Beijing, despite the potential for scuttling the trade discussions.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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The new rate only applies to semi-finished copper products, such as copper pipes, wires, rods, sheets, and tubes, as well as copper-intensive derivative products, such as pipe fittings, cables, and connectors, according to the White House fact sheet.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
30 July 2025
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When a contract ends, or if a company violates its terms, the individual’s data must, by law, be erased from the model, its training set, and any derivative products.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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“Secondhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondhand. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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