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box store

American

noun

a retail store that sells a limited assortment of basic grocery items, often, as at a warehouse, displayed in their original cartons in order to lower costs and prices.

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Characters and stories from successful films often take months to show up on toy store shelves and years in theme parks, a long-frustrating reality for some at the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

"I discovered that blocks you can buy in a toy store, they’re too bulky to build with," he told Dutch broadcaster KRO in an interview in 2012.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

One of the affected owners, 50-year-old Omar Abu Saho, who runs a toy store, said he received a legal notification Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

We lived in Texas for a while, and on my way back went to a big toy store here in New York City and I got the Ewok village.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

The neighboring toy store sells a combination pack with two balls and three blocks in it.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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