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
In my experience, ChatGPT5 is a very efficient seeker, scraper and organizer of secondhand information from the web for at least for my application, financial analysis.
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Not everything in your space needs to be unique or secondhand.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2025
What may change is that, for many young Americans, the product may increasingly be secondhand, and possibly stamped by a boutique in Paris or Milan.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
In Accra, Ghana’s sprawling capital, Kantamanto spans 42 acres and is purported to be the world’s largest secondhand textile market.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Not everything in your space needs to be unique or secondhand.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2025
What may change is that, for many young Americans, the product may increasingly be secondhand, and possibly stamped by a boutique in Paris or Milan.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
In Accra, Ghana’s sprawling capital, Kantamanto spans 42 acres and is purported to be the world’s largest secondhand textile market.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondhand
Adjective
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Both teams decided to play on under secondary lighting only before the main lights eventually returned minutes into the contest.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Variances in consumer behavior, how pandemic era spend has evolved and the secondary market boom are all playing a role.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The very financial firms Trump asks to join him and Bessent in lending to Millei’s government may be using derivative securities to force Millei’s government to throw in the towel.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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What exactly was the charm of these books which critics had written off initially as being unimaginative and derivative?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Secondhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondhand. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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