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
The campaign encourages consumers to allow their wardrobes to evolve through more qualitative and timeless secondhand options rather than firsthand overconsumption.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2026
Secondhand is secondhand, right?
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 21 Feb. 2026
Experts chalk up the trend to fewer Birkin buyers at auctions — as aspirational luxury consumers feel pressure from inflation and a slowing labor market — and more secondhand Birkins on the market.
—Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
And better yet, a quick peruse on secondhand retailers like eBay proves that there are also plenty of fabulous options to uncover.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2026
Secondhand is secondhand, right?
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 21 Feb. 2026
Experts chalk up the trend to fewer Birkin buyers at auctions — as aspirational luxury consumers feel pressure from inflation and a slowing labor market — and more secondhand Birkins on the market.
—Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
And better yet, a quick peruse on secondhand retailers like eBay proves that there are also plenty of fabulous options to uncover.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondhand
Adjective
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Phase 2/3 Study 302 topline results released April 27, 2026 met all primary and key secondary endpoints with robust hair growth in both once-daily and twice-daily arms.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
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Phase 2/3 Study 302 topline results released April 27, 2026 met all primary and key secondary endpoints, with robust hair growth seen in both once-daily and twice-daily dosing arms.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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But before SpaceX goes into those indexes in coming weeks, market forces – amplified by derivative securities based on the stock and maneuvers by big-money investors – could drive the stock price much higher.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Op-eds have painted the president’s reverence for traditional design as mere nostalgia that will lead, inevitably, to pastiche and derivative mimicry while stifling innovation.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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“Secondhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondhand. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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