minding the store
Example Sentences
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When nearly a quarter-billion dollars can vanish from one state program before anyone truly notices, taxpayers are justified in asking who was supposed to be minding the store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Most, as indexers, are just blindly buying — assuming that somebody else is minding the store.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
But kids understand that no one is minding the store.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
Of course, right next to that is another sign, this one directing customers to just slide a check or cash under the door if there’s no one minding the store.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2018
I stayed and helped Papa with minding the store and sewed frocks for Marla Teresa, all the while waiting for him to come around.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
