In readiness, in preparation for future use, as in I'm keeping several videos in store for your visit . Edmund Spenser used this idiom in The Faerie Queene (1590): “Then for her son . . . In her own hand the crown she kept in store.” [1300s]
In readiness, in preparation for future use, as in I'm keeping several videos in store for your visit . Edmund Spenser used this idiom in The Faerie Queene (1590): “Then for her son . . . In her own hand the crown she kept in store.” [1300s]
in store for . Forthcoming for, awaiting, as in There's trouble in store for you . [Mid-1600s]
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Newport said three of the raccoons are on order and should be in-store by next week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Eventually, it will also let returning visitors get their rental skis or snowboards tuned and delivered without going through an in-store fitting process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
John Lewis said the decision to close its in-store bureaux de change was due to falling demand and that it would move gift-wrapping services from a specialised area to its tills.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Meituan already dominates large parts of China’s offline consumption infrastructure, from food delivery and restaurant bookings to hotels, travel, and in-store services.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Apart from school, I had accepted an in-store promotional for cosmetics through the modeling agency and also intended to visit a friend at college, where Halloween festivities were reportedly quite arresting.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann
Conversations about the future and aging invariably lead to thoughts about what is in store for all of us: death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Perfect with baked chicken or pan-fried fish, glazed carrots are in store on Thursday.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“I don’t want to spoil anything,” he says carefully, “but I can’t wait for people to see what Harrenhal has in store for him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
But the fewer surprises that are in store for your daughter later on, the easier it will be for her to administer your estate.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
“William, who knows what was in store for you?”
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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