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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
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
Noun
What about shops or clubs or other places nearby?
—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
Noun
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Many restaurants and stores open their hatches to take advantage of the high demand, then shutter for the rest of the year.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Agricultural officials are sounding the alarm after an invasive insect was recently found on grape plants sold at Costco stores throughout the Bay Area.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Depoux added that while automation can initially cost more than human labor, factories can ultimately produce products more quickly.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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As European countries supported Ukraine, Russia slashed supplies of natural gas used to heat homes, generate electricity and power industry, creating an energy crisis that is fueling inflation and forcing some factories to shut down as prices have risen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the draw for sober-curious visitors is the grain mills, fermentation tanks, barrel rickhouses and bottling lines — compelling whether or not a glass ever leaves the counter.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the grain mills, fermentation tanks, barrel rickhouses and bottling lines are genuinely compelling without ever touching a glass.—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2026
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The plants and vines have grown, the tufu limestone has mellowed, the staff have bedded in, and the feel that this is a genuine Puglian village (even though it was built entirely from scratch) has been sealed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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In The Bronx, The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) will host its World Cup Garden from June 13 through July 19, celebrating global culture through diverse plants, interactive displays and family-friendly programming.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
1 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
Noun
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In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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This matching linen shirt and shorts set works for any occasion or itinerary, from the flight to Europe to a hillside lunch in Positano to a low-key coastal dinner in Lagos.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 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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