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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
Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
The World Cup has created a business boom in Boston, as shops and stores are packed with international tourists.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Over the next few days, innumerable shops, houses and places of worship are reduced to ashes, and hundreds of people, Hindu and Muslim, are killed.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Think wooden boardwalks, ice cream shops, amusement parks, and miles of gorgeous shoreline.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
This marks Pizza Factory’s fifth location in the Sacramento area, with pizza shops in Rocklin, Loomis, Auburn and Cameron Park, according to its website.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Dick's Sporting Goods, the sporting goods retailer, announced a partnership to expand Lids shops to 100 Dick's stores nationwide, the company said in a press release on Monday.
—Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Easily walkable, museums, inns, bed & breakfasts, restaurants, a thriving farmers market and a variety of shops are all located in the half-square-mile historic district.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
With a home base in SoHo– an ever-evolving art-world with galleries, studios, and museums, hip metropolitan green spaces such as the High Line, Washington and Union Squares, and designer shops and hubs are all at your fingertips.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
Noun
Outside a row of shops in Ashton-in-Makerfield town center, anti-Reform and pro-Labour campaigners stop weary residents to talk politics.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
The World Cup has created a business boom in Boston, as shops and stores are packed with international tourists.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Over the next few days, innumerable shops, houses and places of worship are reduced to ashes, and hundreds of people, Hindu and Muslim, are killed.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Think wooden boardwalks, ice cream shops, amusement parks, and miles of gorgeous shoreline.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
This marks Pizza Factory’s fifth location in the Sacramento area, with pizza shops in Rocklin, Loomis, Auburn and Cameron Park, according to its website.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Dick's Sporting Goods, the sporting goods retailer, announced a partnership to expand Lids shops to 100 Dick's stores nationwide, the company said in a press release on Monday.
—Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Easily walkable, museums, inns, bed & breakfasts, restaurants, a thriving farmers market and a variety of shops are all located in the half-square-mile historic district.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
With a home base in SoHo– an ever-evolving art-world with galleries, studios, and museums, hip metropolitan green spaces such as the High Line, Washington and Union Squares, and designer shops and hubs are all at your fingertips.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops
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Markley cleaned up the lot, painted the building black and set up a complex digital warehouse which stores data from more than a hundred customers ranging from hospitals to universities to police stations.—
David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Though the shopping center once held dozens of stores, its population of retailers steadily dwindled for years amid a string of new owners and a decaying exterior.—
Matan Josephy,
Idaho Statesman,
17 June 2026
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Carroll said Franklin also shaped the path for present-day meteorologists, like CBS Philadelphia's Grant Gilmore, who track a range of weather patterns, including an ongoing trend of progressively warmer temperatures due to pollution from cars and factories.—
Brandon Goldner,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Rather than invest that capital in new factories, new workers, or new supply chains, most chose to return it to shareholders through stock repurchases.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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It is also being distributed internationally and has been translated into French, Spanish, German and three Greenlandic dialects.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
9 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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Gene Hackman — who developed new shades of menace and gravitas with each passing year — turns in a career-best performance as the determined and obsessive Det.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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The number of back-and-forth turns in an interview was one of the strongest predictors of getting an offer.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Lumber mills are major sources of combustible dust.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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In addition to its own facility, the company has partnered with a group of garment manufacturers and mills in the region to create localized sources for everything from fabric to finishing while helping to satisfy its customers’ demands.—
SJ Studio,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
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Taiwan was also the first traceable point of the passing of the many Austronesian languages, said Victoria Chen, a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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If things seemed a little pricey at the concession stands, there were some bonding moments that fans of all languages could appreciate — especially those familiar with American football.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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The bio-pool, which sits alongside some of the villas, is treated solely with aquatic plants, excluding the use of chemicals.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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The company estimates that commercial plants using its technology would cost roughly one-fifth as much as comparable facilities currently being developed in Europe.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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The Moxley case has effectively been told three times across three different American vocabularies.—
Kate Casey,
Vanity Fair,
2 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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“Shops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shops. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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