showroom
Americannoun
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showrooms
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verb (used without object)
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to come into a store to view merchandise and then purchase it from a competitor, usually online, as to get a lower price or wider selection.
For shoes, I usually showroom at a couple of stores, then buy them cheaper online.
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to be used as a place to view rather than buy merchandise.
No store wants to showroom for a website.
verb (used with object)
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to display (merchandise) in a showroom.
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to enter a store and view (merchandise) before purchasing it from a competitor, usually online.
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to use or encourage people to use (a store) as a place to view rather than buy merchandise.
The online retailers are showrooming us out of business.
We’re being showroomed by consumers who browse our stores without buying.
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On Evelpidon Street, the building where Lisa's body was found is actually the shell of a former car showroom.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
At a car showroom at the market, owner Noor Ali was surrounded by a dozen colourful vehicles built with imported Japanese parts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Rescuers raced to 29 sites across the city, including residential buildings, a car showroom, a utilities company and other civilian infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The space, which stretches as far as the eye can see, looks like an office, a showroom, a library and a decaying home all at once.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
He was one of the best salesmen, but the showroom let him go.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
Tree-shaded boulevards are lined with flagship Ferrari, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce showrooms, as well as designer boutiques and Michelin-starred restaurants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
One is inside brightly-lit, air-conditioned showrooms, where customers move slowly between racks of clothes, escaping the worst of the summer heat.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
The group is in the midst of a tranche of launches it calls its largest ever, with more than 40 new models hitting showrooms between last year and next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
The multi-year partnership will add two new Rivian showrooms to the Commons at Calabasas and the Americana at Brand in Glendale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The company owns factories, machinery and showrooms, and employs mechanics, accountants and secretaries, but all these together do not comprise Peugeot.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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