in-store
adjective
available or taking place within a supermarket or other large shop
in-store
Britishadjective
in store
Idioms
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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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The next big test for XPeng’s ambitions will be whether it can progress Iron from in-store demonstrations to real-world deployment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
A London shop catering for people who are left-handed was doing a brisk trade both in-store and via mail-order.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
While pharmacy and digital sales were strong, identical sales–which encompass in-store revenue–fell 0.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Newport said three of the raccoons are on order and should be in-store by next week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Apart from school, I had accepted an in-store promotional for cosmetics through the modeling agency and also intended to visit a friend at college, where Halloween festivities were reportedly quite arresting.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Lauren Ann Isaacson
Alejandro Del Rey, JJ Spaun and Johannes Veerman are one shot behind with an exciting finish in store on Sunday.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Our columnists Anita Chabria and Mark Z. Barabak take a look at what the next few months, and the next year, may have in store after the governor becomes simply Mr. Newsom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Hargitay has been tight-lipped about what producers have in store for the night, though she did reveal her aspirations for doing something in the vein of an “SVU musical” during the ceremony.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The latter possibility seems comfortably remote, but after Kevin Warsh’s speech last week in Jackson Hole an interest-rate hike this month is not only a possibility but further rate increases may also be in store.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mrs. Levy-Cohen always has a surprise in store for us.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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