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- noun Plural form of
store .
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Examples
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Shopping in stores is an ordeal because of the pain and fatigue of my illness.
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One thing I've noticed about clothing construction in the stores is the unnatural waistline, whether it's skirts or slacks, and how unflattering it is.
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The remarkable nature of the stores is actually part of their marketing plan.
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And the guy who owns the stores is a bleeding heart liberal who pays his employees the highest wage in the industry and gives them healthcare!
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Some companies have very top down strict taxonomies, so some term stores might have a very few people allowed to edit them.
Site Home ecmblog 2010
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I think we've begun a planning team for what we call stores of the future.
Lululemon Athletica CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha 2010
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Greek yoghurt, as sold in stores, is thick, delicious, dip-making stuff, and it’s far from cheap.
Use A Dish Towel To Make Regular Yoghurt “Greek” | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Dell’s decision to sell its computers in stores is likely due to the fact Hewlett-Packard has eclipsed the Round Rock, Texas-based company as the world’s no.
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Soon all that would be left in stores is canned/jarred goods, and they wouldn’t last more than a few years.
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Soon all that would be left in stores is canned/jarred goods, and they wouldn’t last more than a few years.
GHibbs commented on the word stores
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to store'. 'He even stores his food supplies in the bath.'
October 19, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word stores
Yay! I just spent an hour over on insomnia with nobody to keep me company--I thought I was going to be stuck there forever. GHibbs, thanks for all your wacky, entertaining comments.
*curls up in a corner and starts snoring.*
October 19, 2011
sionnach commented on the word stores
After feasting on fufluns and S'mores,
Ruzuzu was craving some snores,
Then along came GHibbs*,
Whose intellectual squibbs
Gave her much-needed snores in the stores.
OK, it needs some work; I'd be the first to admit it.
*: 3rd person singular of the verb, to Ghibb, which - as best as our crack etymolinguistic detectives have been able to ascertain - seems to mean "to have a charming, if slightly baffling, obsession with verbs in the 3rd person"
October 19, 2011
rolig commented on the word stores
Bravo, Foxy! Excellent!
(*Putting on my copy-editor hat* The comma after "squibbs", however, needs to go.)
October 19, 2011
sionnach commented on the word stores
Comma? What comma?
October 19, 2011