retail therapy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But no one escapes the brutal moral accounting, not even Jackie, after she suffers a tragedy no amount of retail therapy will ever make right.
From Los Angeles Times
This certainly wasn’t retail therapy to chase away a bad mood.
From Los Angeles Times
Sip on boba at the park We might do some retail therapy.
From Los Angeles Times
A day of retail therapy can be just the ticket for some people to help them feel better about themselves.
From BBC
It was a space where my girlfriends and I found community, a shared sense of purpose, a quest for something larger, and retail therapy that was within our limited means.
From Slate
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