merch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of merch
First recorded in 1980–85; by shortening
Example Sentences
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And as predictably as the tides, a wine-dark sea of merch has risen up around the release: T-shirts, videogames, souvenir popcorn buckets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
You made your own merch, you made your own records, you didn’t wait for the industry to come and give you the big check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The branding has worked wonders for the studio’s reputation, leading diehard loyalists to conflate the production-and-distribution company with the art it finances — resulting in capsule collections of merch flying off the digital shelves.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
“The U.S. and its neighbors will bank a big chunk of that, but the sporting gains are spread quite broadly what with airfare, merch, tickets and so forth.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
He wanted no part of a plague, but the merch and his guards didn’t seem remotely concerned.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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