bookstore
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bookstore
Example Sentences
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“I’m the only one with the guts to say that out loud,” Huang told The Times during a recent campaign stop at a bookstore in the West Adams neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Aware House Books, a New Age-oriented bookstore in Regina, Saskatchewan, posted a video of an employee ripping up Chopra’s books, and announced it would no longer order or carry them.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
But why does Amazon, launched by Jeff Bezos in 1995 as an online bookstore out of a rented garage, have so few serious rivals in the West when it comes to e-commerce?
From BBC • May 17, 2026
“Now that they’re back and seemingly healthy, we’re worried they will crowd us out,” said Bradley Graham, co-owner of the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
“Sorry,” the bookstore girl was saying to the people ahead of me.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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