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
And better yet, a quick peruse on secondhand retailers like eBay proves that there are also plenty of fabulous options to uncover.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
But thrifting’s appeals wider, considering that approximately one-third of the clothing that was purchased in the past year was secondhand, according to CapitalOne Shopping Research.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
But running an independent bookstore where new, not secondhand, books are sold is, well, novel.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Most of the TikTok and Instagram videos that have become many Americans’ main source of news are not based on reality but are secondhand or third-hand versions of it, the magazine said.
—Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
But thrifting’s appeals wider, considering that approximately one-third of the clothing that was purchased in the past year was secondhand, according to CapitalOne Shopping Research.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
But running an independent bookstore where new, not secondhand, books are sold is, well, novel.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Most of the TikTok and Instagram videos that have become many Americans’ main source of news are not based on reality but are secondhand or third-hand versions of it, the magazine said.
—Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondhand
Adjective
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Virtually every seat was sold, even on the secondary market, by the time Session 3 began.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Boise State lost a lot of experience in its secondary following the 2025 season, but Mickey looks set to thrive in his final year at the college level.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While legal sports books must follow regulations set by states, prediction markets have argued their trades — called event contracts — are derivative markets, and thus fall under the CFTC's jurisdiction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Nowhere is this more the case than the energy sector that has underwritten and made possible the transformation of the Gulf states over the past half-century, and whose health remains vital to the global economy and supply chains in oil, gas and many derivative products.—
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Secondhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondhand. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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