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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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2
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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as in informs (on)
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Recent Examples of shops
Gidget Fuentes, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
When a Miami weapons buyer for a powerful Haitian gang inquired why the group needed the guns he had been asked to illegally purchase from South Florida shops, the response was simple.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Plaza Mariachi, which features regular live Mariachi performances near its restaurants and shops, is about to be sold.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
In business since 2012, Khandwala sells mostly through her two freestanding stores in Bombay and New Delhi, nine shops-in-shop in India, and her website, where 75 percent of the business is done outside of India.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Stephen Brown, 67, lives a mile away from Gorman's Farm Shop and shops there once a week.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
District Exchange’s first shops — Barley Jean’s Bakery and Life is Sweet Candy Store — opened back in September, CharlotteFive previously reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The two women are in a rematch after Taylor, the co-owner of three auto repair shops, beat Adams in the 2023 election by just 53 votes, in what was the closest House race that year.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
The report and Cook’s comments led to several Wall Street shops hiking their price targets on the stock, including Evercore ISI, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
The nonprofit institute offers in-person, online or hybrid training and certification courses to train and certify RV service technicians to work at dealerships or own their own local shops or mobile RV service companies.
—Gidget Fuentes, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
When a Miami weapons buyer for a powerful Haitian gang inquired why the group needed the guns he had been asked to illegally purchase from South Florida shops, the response was simple.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Plaza Mariachi, which features regular live Mariachi performances near its restaurants and shops, is about to be sold.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
In business since 2012, Khandwala sells mostly through her two freestanding stores in Bombay and New Delhi, nine shops-in-shop in India, and her website, where 75 percent of the business is done outside of India.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Stephen Brown, 67, lives a mile away from Gorman's Farm Shop and shops there once a week.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
District Exchange’s first shops — Barley Jean’s Bakery and Life is Sweet Candy Store — opened back in September, CharlotteFive previously reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The two women are in a rematch after Taylor, the co-owner of three auto repair shops, beat Adams in the 2023 election by just 53 votes, in what was the closest House race that year.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
The report and Cook’s comments led to several Wall Street shops hiking their price targets on the stock, including Evercore ISI, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops
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By the 1970s, Colma's western edge attracted car dealerships and later big box stores, a rail transit station and apartments.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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It’s designed with a foam insole that stores and returns your energy, bouncing you into your next step.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some factories are tucked into cities, next to residential buildings and restaurants.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Drawn by its booming steel mills and factories, Black Americans were moving to industrial Pittsburgh in record numbers at the start of the 20th century.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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But Simeon Silverio, former publisher of the San Diego Asian Journal, said Bayani reflects only one of many Filipino dialects and would fail to represent the country’s diverse cultural groups, each of which has its own word for hero.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Studies have found regional dialects of birds’ songs and evidence that some birds learn songs from their parents while still in the shell.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Oct. 2025
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Salvador Samba, Brazil’s signature percussive genre, was born in the sugarcane mills of Salvador, the heart of Black culture in the country.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Causes of despair Despite successful interventions to shut down pill mills – clinics that prescribe opioids without a valid medical reason – and expand access to prevention and treatment, drug overdoses remain a leading cause of death.—
Kelly Chen,
The Conversation,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Several tech players are already constructing private energy plants for their own use as part of their data center buildouts, so there is nothing radical about Democrats insisting on tying approvals for data centers to bearing the cost of enhancing the public grid.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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There, a group of KPMG staffers followed and sometimes interjected their own thoughts on the building, while workers fastened the last screws on light bulbs and organized plants strewn around the office.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This is why the delegates translated it into multiple languages immediately and sent copies intended for King Louis XVI of France and King Carlos III of Spain on the first ship bound for Europe on July 8.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The news comes in the wake of Lionsgate inking a deal with Millennium Films to acquire rights to develop and produce all derivative works of The Expendables franchise, and global distribution rights to John Rambo.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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At Inhotim there are five miles of trails, 24 galleries, and 29 site-specific works scattered around a 350-acre botanical garden.—
William O'Connor,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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All the tired vocabularies have been thrown out, replaced by a mad, post-minimalist openness and pluralism.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Shops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shops. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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