miscellaneous
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The retreat for the wholesale industry was largely due to a drop in sales of agricultural supplies and mineral, ore and precious metals industry within the miscellaneous subsector, the data agency said Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
There will be options for tomatoes, greens, fruit and the miscellaneous beautiful thing you bought before deciding what it was for.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
After gas spending, miscellaneous retailers—a category including gift shops and consignment stores—registered the highest growth in sales with a 2.3% monthly gain.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Alternatively, couples might resolve to establish “yours,” “mine” and “ours” bank accounts where the joint account is used for monthly expenses with a budget that may or may not include miscellaneous activities.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025
In the window there were trays of nuts and bolts, worn-out chisels, penknives with broken blades, tarnished watches that did not even pretend to be in going order, and other miscellaneous rubbish.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing miscellaneous
Tears of a Tiger
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