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
One night, not long after his roleplay session with the good doctor, Clark spots a crack of light coming from a wall in the sub-basement of his store’s showroom.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
On the outskirts of Prosper City, some fifty miles from Boxton, Mr. Trepid found a Cadillac showroom.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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
Dealers had complained the company’s direct-to-consumer internet sales had kept prospective customers out of their showrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Filosa said the new vehicles it launched last year had been well received and that Stellantis hopes that it can build on that momentum with another 10 models hitting showrooms this year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Customers had a hard time getting to showrooms in January because of frozen conditions on the roads.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 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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