stores

/ (stɔːz) /

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pl n

a supply or stock of something, esp essentials, for a specific purposethe ship's stores

munitions slung externally on a military aircraft airframe

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How to use stores in a sentence

But when he saw that all his neighbours were also heading to the stores for stocks, he changed his mind.
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He noted that some retail stores that benefit from Christmas sales still instruct employees to wish customers “Happy Holidays.”
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the increasing number of fraudsters bringing back wares to stores to make an illicit killing has become impossible to ignore.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Thursday, Russian bloggers published pictures of empty shelves in stores that once sold electric goods.
After His Disastrous Annual Press Conference, Putin Needs A Hug|Anna Nemtsova|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You can even buy containers of their Cereal Milk in select stores.
Cereal Cafe’s Big Bowl of Hate|David Levesley|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Spanish troops did not care to venture past a block of buildings in which were the offices and stores of a British firm.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Lerida, in Spain, surrendered to the French general Suchet, who found large quantities of stores.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Competing stores needlessly occupy the time of hundreds of thousands of employees in a mixture of idleness and industry.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
One man, more fortunate than his comrades, continued to use with much economy the most precious of all his stores—tobacco.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

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