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as in stores
also shoppes
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 factories
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods
a machine shop
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as in dialects
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 shops
What about shops or clubs or other places nearby?
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Plans call for a nine-screen movie theater spanning 40,000 square feet, restaurants and bars, retail shops, and a 773-space parking garage, which has already been completed.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 2 June 2026
Greek immigrants helped shape the city’s food scene by opening diners, sandwich shops and Italian restaurants as Charlotte grew.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
To the quick trips to card shops on off days.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Southlake Town Square has 130 acres of mixed-use space, with more than 135 specialty retail shops and restaurants.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Sales tax revenue generated by the stadium comes from fans buying things like beers and hot dogs, merchandise from team shops in the stadium and tickets for parking.
—Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Pershing Square has rallied in the weeks following its initial public offering, making the stock look a little too expensive to investors, according to several shops on the Street.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 May 2026
The Soho location is one of the 11 REI shops that have unionized in the past few years, and its closure will leave a gaping hole in the market for the city’s gearheads looking to try on climbing shoes or find an ultralight tent for their next backpacking trip.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 26 May 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Plans call for a nine-screen movie theater spanning 40,000 square feet, restaurants and bars, retail shops, and a 773-space parking garage, which has already been completed.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 2 June 2026
Greek immigrants helped shape the city’s food scene by opening diners, sandwich shops and Italian restaurants as Charlotte grew.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
To the quick trips to card shops on off days.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Southlake Town Square has 130 acres of mixed-use space, with more than 135 specialty retail shops and restaurants.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Sales tax revenue generated by the stadium comes from fans buying things like beers and hot dogs, merchandise from team shops in the stadium and tickets for parking.
—Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Pershing Square has rallied in the weeks following its initial public offering, making the stock look a little too expensive to investors, according to several shops on the Street.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 May 2026
The Soho location is one of the 11 REI shops that have unionized in the past few years, and its closure will leave a gaping hole in the market for the city’s gearheads looking to try on climbing shoes or find an ultralight tent for their next backpacking trip.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops
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Dotted along Lake Shore Drive are a few gift shops, antique stores, and lakeside dining options.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Membership clubs such as Costco and Walmart's Sam's Club are drawing in more shoppers to their fuel pumps and stores, with cheaper gas and everyday essentials.—
Juveria Tabassum,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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According to a statement by the firm, D7 is designed to improve efficiency in warehouses, factories, and logistics environments.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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SpaceX, for example, plans to assemble and operate a megaconstellation of a million AI data-center satellites, some of which may be built in factories on the moon.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.—
Ryan Kolln,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Sperm whales communicate using group-specific dialects orders of magnitude older than Sanskrit.—
Ryan Huling,
Time,
7 May 2026
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The concierge organizes a variety of excursions that range from chugging along the countryside roads in a vintage Citroën to visits to olive oil mills and vineyards.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Denim mills are showing their support for Lenzing’s Tencel Lyocell – HV100 in a meaningful way for F/W 27-28.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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Several of the incidents took place in the mountains, with some people injured while out foraging for wild plants and vegetables.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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According to a National Family Health Survey, approximately 18% of people in Mumbai reported being vegetarian, which has shaped a street food culture built around plants, legumes and dairy.—
Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
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Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Liveried guards greet you at the grand entrance and breeze through ‘hello’ in any number of languages.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Partners have received works by Hans Memling, Rembrandt, van Dyck, Matisse, Cézanne, Degas, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alma Thomas, Mark Rothko, and so on.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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Other works rely more heavily on easy sentiment.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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By the end of the learning unit, Burton said growth in the children could be seen as their vocabularies expanded to using words such as thermometer, blood pressure and punctured.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Shallow, misogynistic speech has seeped into the daily vocabularies of many, suggesting the toxic, anti-woman values that have long inspired such rhetoric are once again calcifying into a widespread and serious problem.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Shops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shops. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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