as in cheap
costing little
a dime-store tablecloth that is certainly good enough for a picnic
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as in department store
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Recent Examples of dime-store
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
Why, then, does the show have all the resonance of a dime-store, plywood knockoff?
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Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Because of the pervasive influence of death and black metal’s dependence on themes of depression, pessimism, and negativity, and dime-store Satanism — some lyrics can seem pro forma.
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Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
Why, then, does the show have all the resonance of a dime-store, plywood knockoff?
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Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dime-store
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Microchips are relatively cheap and are required for every pet in Los Angeles County over 4 months old.
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Prove Your Claims With Evidence In a market flooded with AI capabilities, claims are cheap, and every launch sounds the same.
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Carroll’s claims stem from a 1990s incident at New York department store Bergdorf Goodman.
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Those will provide the testbed as FAO Schwarz attempts to introduce its brand to customers new and old and Nordstrom pitches to differentiate in a competitive department store market.
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This technology is operational, scalable, inexpensive and evolving faster than most security institutions can adapt.
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Other items in the store run from the inexpensive — like $5 collectible stickers and magnets — to the more lavish, such as official FIFA soccer balls for $200 and miniature replicas of the World Cup trophy for $250.
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In a press release, the San Jose Police Department said its retail theft unit was investigating retail thefts of large amounts of golf balls from multiple retail chain stores between March 25 and May 5.
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Appliances Over 10 Years Old Habitat for Humanity ReStore is one of the few secondhand chain stores that accepts large appliances—whether laundry machines or fridges.
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Part of what’s at work is a reasonable desire to give a party with more than its share of grizzled congressional veterans a jolt of youthful energy.
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This week prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk.
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Opening in 1951, the Broadway Shopping Center, as it was then called, also offered space for several anchor department stores, along with a Woolworth variety store.
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And that didn’t include Barnes & Noble outlets, college bookstores, online-only sellers, rare book dealers, Friends of the Library shops or variety stores that also sell books.
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People love Dinnerly meal kit deliveries because the brand offers affordable, easy-to-cook meals that fit any budget.
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But in the early 2020s, affordable, yet still sophisticated, Chinese cars—particularly electric vehicles—began to win over Chinese drivers.
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His family’s book business started when Weinstein’s uncles turned his grandfather’s thrift shop in India into a bookstore.
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Shimokitazawa is a grungy counter-culture neighborhood in western Tokyo famed for its live music scene and boho thrift shops.
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