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shop right

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noun

Patent Law.
  1. the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.


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Can’t swing a specialty shop right now?

From The Wall Street Journal

People continued to shop right up until Christmas Eve.

From Barron's

“The message that I took away is that companies are going to continue to spend on compute,” and Nvidia “is probably the best shop right now in terms of supplying it to the marketplace,” Matt Stucky, chief portfolio manager for equities at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

“We’ll take you to the repair shop right now and you’ll be with the herd again soon.”

From Literature

The Claire's bankruptcy was a "clear signal" that some parts of retail across the world were "failing to keep up with how people want to shop right now", said Ms Shuttleworth.

From BBC