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as in store
also shoppe
an establishment where goods are sold to consumers
the only shop that has that video game in stock is halfway across the state
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the patient impressed her cardiologist with her ability to talk shop
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Recent Examples of shop
So, the day before the England quarterfinal, Argentina procured a lighter shirt, with faint vertical stripes, from a run-of-the-mill Mexico City sports shop.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
She was threatened with a knife and forced to leave her mobile phone and AirTag in a shop so she could not be tracked.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 June 2026
Mariah Carey has just dropped a new line of apparel and accessories for Pride Month, available to shop exclusively online through Carey’s official Amazon shop.
—Tim Chan, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
The Crown Ace Hardware store has been a staple in the seaside community since 1949, with Schulein’s family purchasing the shop in the mid-1970s.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
She was threatened with a knife and forced to leave her mobile phone and AirTag in a shop so she could not be tracked.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 June 2026
Mariah Carey has just dropped a new line of apparel and accessories for Pride Month, available to shop exclusively online through Carey’s official Amazon shop.
—Tim Chan, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
The Crown Ace Hardware store has been a staple in the seaside community since 1949, with Schulein’s family purchasing the shop in the mid-1970s.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop
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Brands including Cult Gaia, Alo, Same Swim, and La DoubleJ are opening stores in either the South of France or along the Italian coastline ahead of the 2026 season, in a bid to capture the flocks of tourists who visit these hotspots and are keen to splurge without breaking the bank.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
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Opening a brick-and-mortar store is also on the table.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Hulst diagnosed with brain tumor Serna, a shoe designer for Etonic, was on a trip to the company’s factory in Taiwan in February 1991 when a former UCI teammate reached out with bad news.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Here, Chinese laborers, factory workers, seamstresses, nail technicians, and cooks take glorious center stage, their lives and deepest yearnings made epic.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Voibe uses OpenAI’s latest Whisper model to transcribe speech into text up to three times faster than typing while maintaining strong accuracy with natural speech, accents, and technical terminology.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
6 June 2026
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Tiny stuff, that no one except insiders would notice—shuttle cockpit switch positions, authentic uniform patches, terminology.—
Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
31 May 2026
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At the same time that the GKN situation was unraveling, the rupture of a chemical tank containing a different chemical mixture killed 11 people at a paper mill in Washington state.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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The nine missing people are all employees of the mill.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The contemporary entertainment industry pushes that logic into nearly grotesque territory, as film and TV productions compete against 24/7 internet feeds and a rapidly changing meme dialect designed to always leave someone out of the loop.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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Though there are still many unknowns regarding the full effect of ayahuasca on the human experience, if my own is any indication, the mental and emotional gates this plant can open seem promising.—
Michaela Trimble,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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However, some of these plants can even bloom multiple times in a single year, blossoming again and again during the spring, summer, or fall.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
6 June 2026
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Before that first experience in 2016, ‘ayahuasca’ wasn't a part of my vocabulary.—
Michaela Trimble,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Developing a reading habit can broaden vocabulary, boost knowledge and stimulate the imagination.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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This is a slogan that is often used in the workshop, in our production processes.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Pittsburgh offers several Father's Day events, including a cooking workshop, a mini-golf deal and a car show.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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