stores
/ (stɔːz) /
a supply or stock of something, esp essentials, for a specific purpose: the 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.
Has the Kurdish Victory at Sinjar Turned the Tide of ISIS War? | Niqash | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe noted that some retail stores that benefit from Christmas sales still instruct employees to wish customers “Happy Holidays.”
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 | THE DAILY BEASTOn 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 | THE DAILY BEASTYou can even buy containers of their Cereal Milk in select stores.
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 ForemanThey also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanLerida, in Spain, surrendered to the French general Suchet, who found large quantities of stores.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellCompeting 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 LeacockOne 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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