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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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as in to inform (on)
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Recent Examples of shop
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
The story centers on Angine (Amir), an affluent but unhappy woman who compulsively shops in an esteemed department store.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
The shop features a Jet Set Lounge, the brand’s first in-store café.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The shop’s work wasn’t just limited to the mechanical side of things.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Even as the Five Points neighborhood has transformed—an old house that once held a coffee shop replaced by a sleek new restaurant, and a Jeni’s ice cream shop added down the block—inside this old-fashioned pharmacy, little has changed.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
The story centers on Angine (Amir), an affluent but unhappy woman who compulsively shops in an esteemed department store.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
The shop features a Jet Set Lounge, the brand’s first in-store café.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The shop’s work wasn’t just limited to the mechanical side of things.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop
Noun
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Most of the stores surrounding this block are hybrids, selling biking equipment and coffee.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Also under the same hours are Bashas' locations across Arizona, but some locations closed an hour early on Sunday, according to the store's website.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The fire chief's old factory senses had been shot years before and the dog was just a dog.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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In practice, though, the production rate fell well below the ceiling last year as the company contended with investigations and a machinists’ strike that idled factories for almost eight weeks.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Last year, Jimmy didn’t even know any defensive terminology.—
Jon Conahan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The guidelines contain specific terminology and targets for calories and nutrients that guide federal food aid for mothers and infants, free school lunches and what's served at military bases and in federal prisons.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Chinese mill’s Soft Raw collection enables customer to use unwashed denim directly off the roll with a soft comfortable hand and deep dark inky indigo shades.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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The new mill, which is mated to a six-speed manual transaxle gearbox, nearly doubles output from 177 hp to 340 hp.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Patrick also has his own researcher, so the cast members all had access to this dropbox full of stuff, including incredible academic studies of John Gacy’s speech pattern and word choice and syntax use, and a breakdown of the Chicago dialect and his Polish background.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday evening, Welsh read from his new book Men in Love, which is written in the Edinburgh dialect.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lake turned in two pass breakups, including one on third down, and also forced a fumble and recorded a sack on a blitz.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mumpfield has similarly had to wait his turn in a receivers room that includes Puka Nacua and Davante Adams.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In addition to the freeway, Pendleton is the home of the now-defunct San Onofre nuclear power plant and an active rail maintenance yard near Oceanside, in addition to a Border Patrol checkpoint.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Their conversation moves on to whether the pharmaceutical industry could do more to preserve the health of plants as so many drugs and medicines come from the botanical world.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These acts of radical playfulness—the inflatable dance parties, the music, the absurdity—have become part of the city’s moral vocabulary.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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There's also critical thinking, vocabulary, and knowledge that books offer students.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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