Woolworth
Americannoun
noun
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Woolworth and Paramount Pictures offering relief to the masses.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Frank Winfield Woolworth, founder of the eponymous discount-store empire, commissioned the office building, which could become known as the Cathedral of Commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
In 1960, student sit-ins at the segregated Woolworth lunch counters of Greensboro, N.C., became one of the most famous actions of the civil rights movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024
Medhi Mammadov's co-workers asked each other as their office on the 27th floor of the iconic Woolworth Building began to shake.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024
When the metal lids opened, I could see things that were far away incredibly close, like the Woolworth Building, and Union Square, and the gigantic hole where the World Trade Center was.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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