as in cheap
costing little
a dime-store tablecloth that is certainly good enough for a picnic
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as in department store
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Recent Examples of dime-store
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2024
Ask how many grocery bags, empty jars or dime-store flower vases one household needs.
—Marni Jameson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
One with a dime store, perhaps?
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
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Daddio traffics in a lot of dime-store psychology, but that just adds to its old-fashioned qualities.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2024
Ask how many grocery bags, empty jars or dime-store flower vases one household needs.
—Marni Jameson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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Then Bur-lers Variety, another local dime store chain that’s now down to a lone store in Warren.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
One with a dime store, perhaps?
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
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New England legislators and regulators consistently blocked building additional pipelines from the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and other regions in the U.S. and Canada, which could bring cheap, onshore natural gas to replace fuel oil.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The 25-year-old is cheap, still a season away from salary arbitration eligibility, also plays the corner outfield spots, and won’t be a free agent until after the 2028 season.Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Final verdict: Is this going to set you back more than your average department store fragrance?Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Jan. 2025
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The Tea Room at L.S. Ayres The eighth floor of downtown department store L.S. Ayres & Co. was reserved for a luxurious dining experience for anyone who wanted to be served by waiters in crisp uniforms and clean their sticky fingers in bowls filled with water and rose petals.Lilly St. Angelo, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
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Estevez signed a two-year contract with the Angels in Dec. 2022 for a relatively inexpensive $13.5 million contract.Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Rams in 2023 helped turn fifth-round pick Puka Nacua into the most prolific rookie wide receiver in NFL history, but the contributions from young players on relatively inexpensive deals extended well beyond the star pass-catcher.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Spot the landmark shops The crowds at the Meir, Antwerp’s central pedestrian mall, — surrounded by Rococo mansions and chain stores — can be a bit of a headache, but its architectural gems set it apart.Nina Siegal, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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There are a lot of places to buy running shoes nowadays—at a big sporting goods shop, at a mall chain store, at an online retailer, at a discount website or at a running specialty store.Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
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Louisville has many places to get a book for free or at reasonable prices — libraries, local bookstores and chains including Barnes & Noble and Half Price Books.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 1 Jan. 2025
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To us, as individuals who frequently whip up 12-clove Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry and don’t bat an eye about adding about 48 cloves to our homemade Chili Crisp, Ina Garten’s viral Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic recipe seems totally reasonable.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
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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
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Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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By investing in real estate development projects—such as multi-family housing, rental units and affordable housing developments—foreign capital can support the creation of new housing supply without directly inflating residential property prices.Reza Esmaeili, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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This approach not only makes the technology more affordable but also addresses the environmental issue of tire waste.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Nina and Stefan Pope — who have furnished their home for nearly 20 years with secondhand items found at thrift stores around their neighborhood — decided to tie the knot inside one of their favorite places — a thrift shop outside of Manchester, England, according to CBS News.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Be creative, think outside the box, and definitely check out your local thrift shops.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Dime-store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dime-store. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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