second-hand
Example Sentences
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Proposals to ban the importation of second hand petrol and diesel cars from 2030 have been scrapped by the Environment Minister.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
And that also means there's a big market for second hand spares.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
A reuse charity is asking people to consider second hand this Black Friday as part of an alternative national campaign called Buy Nothing New.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
The salvaged materials are sold to costume designers, ravers, and people in the burlesque industry, who save by buying second hand.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025
Now I watched the second hand tick-tick-tick its steady pattern.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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