yard sale

Definition of yard salenext
as in garage sale
a sale of used household and personal items there are signs up all over town advertising yard sales

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Recent Examples of yard sale People have yard sales in here. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025 Instead, the focus for Knipfing is on the next yard sale or trip to the thrift store. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025 Jocelyn Elizabeth was a new mom working part-time as a marketing administrator when her dad brought home a $5 lamp from a church yard sale in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025 Some of her fondest memories as a child involved tagging along to yard sales with her grandparents and finding random gems tucked away in their home. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yard sale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yard sale
garage sale
Noun
  • Situated on the basement floor of an historic bank building in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, it was designed to re-create the look, feel and taste of a 1960s-1980s trailer parks, with retro furniture, vintage trailers, diner booths and garage sale décor.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Garage Sales Due to their more laidback, local nature, garage sales are the perfect place to find bargains.
    Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026

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“Yard sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yard%20sale. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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