How to Use duty-free in a Sentence

duty-free

adjective or adverb
  • At least half of those duty-free parcels came from China.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • There's also a whole arcade of in-lounge duty-free shops.
    — Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
  • Here, there are no duty-free shops, mega-cruise ships, or high-rise hotels.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2023
  • So every trek to Brazil required a stop at the duty-free shop to buy our quota of cachaca.
    — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Forest City is a duty-free zone in Malaysia, just a few miles from Singapore.
    — Caroline Haskins, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The omission allows parcels valued less than $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free.
    — Brian Evans, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Give your toddler a wooden spoon and an upside-down pot and relish the duty-free hour (with ear plugs).
    — Katrina Donham, Parents, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The provision allows people to send packages to the US duty-free as long as the goods inside are worth less than $800.
    — Zeyi Yang, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The number of duty-free shipments to the United States has risen more than tenfold since 2016, to four million parcels per day last year.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • This allows for duty-free shipments of all goods priced under $800.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 2 May 2023
  • Who has time to contemplate that while browsing duty-free?
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The de minimis tax exemption allows packages worth less than $800 to be shipped into the U.S. tax-free and duty-free.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The loophole allows $800 worth of parcels to be imported into the U.S. duty-free per person per day.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Any package, from clothes to kitchenware, under that price point would come in duty-free and pass inspection faster.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
  • This is also the reason behind a lack of duty-free shopping aboard Pride of America.
    — Lori A. May, Chron, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The trade show, which ends on Thursday, is the annual meeting place for the global duty-free industry.
    — Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Hainan has the world’s largest duty-free shopping mall, and the government plans to turn the entire island into a duty-free hub as early as next year.
    — Serenitie Wang, Cnbc, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
  • As a result, many foreign parts could qualify a car for duty-free treatment.
    — Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Plus, find duty-free spots, cosmetic stores, newsstands, and candy shops here.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
  • There are plenty of places to grab a bite or shop including typical duty-free items, mezcal spots, and chains like Starbucks and Carl’s Jr.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
  • But both platforms in September told Ars that losing the duty-free exemption wouldn't slow their growth.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Shopping There are newsstands and duty-free shops on both sides of security.
    — Harriet Baskas, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2024
  • However, a duty-free shop at the entrance of the terminal expansion is open.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The answer has much to do with a trade rule known as the de minimis exception, which allows parcels valued under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free per person per day.
    — Didi Tang, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
  • But rules of origin often preclude these products, which are made with fibers sourced largely from Asia, from entering the U.S. duty-free.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But shopping plunged in 2024, spelling trouble for the economy which is betting big on revenue from duty-free stores.
    — Serenitie Wang, Cnbc, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Once a fan of rotating fragrances, a chance duty-free discovery led her to this new signature scent.
    — Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Now, duty-free treatment is once again available for China’s direct-to-consumer shipments worth $800 or less.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The higher $800 threshold for duty-free treatment has strong backing from many in the business community.
    — Kevin Freking The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Ranchers in New Zealand, the second-largest exporter, enjoy duty-free access to China.
    — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 July 2023

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