thrift shop
Example Sentences
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Now the Quarter Store in town is a thrift shop run by volunteers where everything costs a quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
And then someone took me to a thrift shop, and my life changed.”
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025
Lawyer Aliyah Clarke and fashion designer Kaleen Sanois started a side business called 2nd Closet - a pop-up thrift shop where people can buy and sell pre-owned clothing.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025
One day she shows up in a new Chanel suit, bought at a thrift shop.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
She had bought a short white dress at a Goodwill thrift shop and paid twelve dollars to dry-clean it.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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