brick-and-mortar
adjective
brick-and-mor·tar
ˈbrik-ən(d)-ˈmȯr-tər 
variants
or bricks-and-mortar
: relating to or being a traditional business serving customers in a building as contrasted to an online business
a brick-and-mortar store
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The Meta Ray-Ban Displays will be available starting on September 30 for $799, at limited brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States, including some Verizon, Lens Crafter, Ray-Ban and Best Buy locations.
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
High rents and a surge in retail crime have been cited as reasons that San Francisco's brick-and-mortar businesses in particular have struggled in recent years.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Officials with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, which includes Idaho’s sole brick-and-mortar clinic in Meridian and its telehealth services across the state, said Tuesday that Medicaid patients will feel the impacts of the decision immediately.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2025
Brands were eager for Miami market exposure, and Miami Sample opened as the city’s first brick-and-mortar sample sale store on March 1, 2020.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
High rents and a surge in retail crime have been cited as reasons that San Francisco's brick-and-mortar businesses in particular have struggled in recent years.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Officials with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, which includes Idaho’s sole brick-and-mortar clinic in Meridian and its telehealth services across the state, said Tuesday that Medicaid patients will feel the impacts of the decision immediately.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2025
Brands were eager for Miami market exposure, and Miami Sample opened as the city’s first brick-and-mortar sample sale store on March 1, 2020.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Brick-and-mortar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick-and-mortar. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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