carpeting

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Movie theaters with patterned carpeting have been deemed liminal, as have fast-food restaurants, parking garages and malls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The landlord cannot, for example, claim carpeting to be substantially damaged if it has not been replaced in the past 10 years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Called bonus depreciation, the tax break applies to purchases such as new carpeting or appliances for owners of rental properties, or new computer equipment or a vehicle for business owners.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

The fulcrum of a cultural transition from vibrancy to stagnation was the 1970s, an era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

I’d grown up around the smell of new carpeting, of polyester shirts hot from the dryer.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides