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in-store
in-storeadjectiveavailable or taking place within a supermarket or other large shop
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in store
in store
In readiness, in preparation for future use, as in I'm keeping several videos in store for your visit . Edmund Spenser used this idiom in The Faerie Queene (1590): “Then for her son . . . In her own hand the crown she kept in store.” [1300s]
in-store
Britishadjective
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In readiness, in preparation for future use, as in I'm keeping several videos in store for your visit . Edmund Spenser used this idiom in The Faerie Queene (1590): “Then for her son . . . In her own hand the crown she kept in store.” [1300s]
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in store for . Forthcoming for, awaiting, as in There's trouble in store for you . [Mid-1600s]
Example Sentences
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No big boost looks to be in store after Nvidia’s first-quarter results, which mark the end to the Big Tech earnings season.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Like many others, McIntosh hoped to get his hands on the brightly coloured watch -- sold in store for $400 to $420 to resell it immediately at a huge mark-up.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
A data-light calendar is in store for Japan, narrowing focus on the yen as speculation about intervention continues to swirl and markets look for a potential visit by U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
In a relegation battle like no other, will the Premier League have one final shock in store?
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Memory swept over him, and with it a chilling knowledge of the thing in store for him today.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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