variety store

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Recent Examples of variety store By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor. Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores. Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 This variety stores well Gala: Aug. 20 Gala's have a soft bite over a mellow sweetness. Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024 Pop Art Pop Mart began in 2010 as a variety store in Beijing, when founder and CEO Wang Ning was a college student. Jasmine Li, Fortune, 18 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for variety store
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Noun
  • The department store chain, which currently has about 650 stores, was one of the largest retailers to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
    Mike Snider, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
  • The department store chain was one of the largest retailers to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
    Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Indie Store Album Sales ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain stores.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 July 2025
  • Check your local store Many local businesses and most national chain stores will remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Driving by a thrift shop that looks intriguing on your way home from lunch?
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
  • Shimokitazawa is a grungy counter-culture neighborhood in western Tokyo famed for its live music scene and boho thrift shops.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.
    Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Between March 2022 and Wei’s arrest in August 2023, the spy allegedly paid Wei thousands of dollars in exchange for photographs and videos of the Essex, information about the location of various Navy ships and details about the Essex’s defensive weapons, according to prosecutors.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • American chipmakers Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenues from semiconductor sales to China in exchange for export licenses.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Variety store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variety%20store. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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