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Recent Examples of consignment
But as luxury consignment platforms like The RealReal have grown, those incredible finds have become harder to come by.
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Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026
Buy special occasion clothes secondhand Visit your local consignment shop or used clothing bins, and pick up all manner of outfits—from a princess dress to a tiny suit—for a fraction of its retail cost.
—Deborah Skolnik, Parents, 1 Mar. 2026
Commission rates at the online consignment shop start at 40 percent and max out at 70 percent.
—Alexis Bennett, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
Republic Goods and Buffalo Exchange both offer consignment or trade-ins and Main Street Mercantile has antiques and unique finds in addition to clothing.
—Mackenzie Jervis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026
Buy special occasion clothes secondhand Visit your local consignment shop or used clothing bins, and pick up all manner of outfits—from a princess dress to a tiny suit—for a fraction of its retail cost.
—Deborah Skolnik, Parents, 1 Mar. 2026
Commission rates at the online consignment shop start at 40 percent and max out at 70 percent.
—Alexis Bennett, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
Republic Goods and Buffalo Exchange both offer consignment or trade-ins and Main Street Mercantile has antiques and unique finds in addition to clothing.
—Mackenzie Jervis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consignment
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Duncan Disposal, also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, is accused of vicarious liability, negligent hiring, retention and supervision, and negligent entrustment.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Constitution’s crown jewel was the entrustment of the power to take the nation to war exclusively to Congress, leaving to the president authority to respond unilaterally to sudden attacks that had already broken the peace.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Mar. 2026
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But the ships carrying his crucial cargo are trapped 2,000 miles away by Iran’s stranglehold of one of the world’s most important waterways.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
16 May 2026
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Most are eVTOL aircraft, powered by propellers and designed to move people or cargo above congested roads with far less ground infrastructure than traditional aviation requires.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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There are no accreditation records for Turning Point Academy of Granbury on the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission website.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2026
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Note that Cannes festival accreditation is required for access to the Pavilion.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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While his workforce generally numbers 160, for the Mother’s Day crush, which involved shipment of 700,000 plants, another 40 employees were hired.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
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Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains largely frozen, choking off one of the world’s primary oil shipment corridors.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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Mayor's stance on class-size requirements Mamdani's budget also slows down the timeline for getting classroom sizes down to a state mandate while the city works to hire 1,000 new teachers, costing $122 million.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The union alleged that the state abandoned bargaining over the issue and plans to unilaterally impose the four-day mandate.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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The long-simmering feud with Britain came to a boil at the end of 1773, when a group of Bostonians dressed up as Indians and dumped a large freight of British tea into the harbor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Rail freight, a faster and cheaper alternative, was blocked after Zheng’s smart helmets were classified as sensitive dual-use goods, given the active conflict zones along the route.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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The promotions in the NHL arena that viewers see on TV may not actually exist in person.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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As of May 18, this promotion allows budget-conscious shoppers to lock in nationwide cellular access on a reliable network for the equivalent of just $10 a month during their first quarter.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
19 May 2026
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Just a five-minute walk from the loading zone is the entrance to the fissure, an unassuming sliver of water that snakes between the dark volcanic rocks.—
Carinne Geil Botta,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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Modern Perspectives on Laundry Sorting With the growing popularity of large-capacity front-loading washers in the late 1990s, consumers welcomed the possibility of washing all of the dirty laundry in the hamper at the same time.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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“Consignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consignment. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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