retail therapy
Example Sentences
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For Americans worried about the war in Iran, retail therapy doesn’t look like the answer.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Sip on boba at the park We might do some retail therapy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
To make themselves feel better, they might engage in retail therapy, Jack said.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025
A friend and I had popped to the Westfield for an afternoon of retail therapy.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024
She always says that she’s having a bad month and she’ll make it up later, and she seems genuinely really stressed about money, but also she’s been doing a good amount of retail therapy.
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2023
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
