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Recent Examples of consignment
Lola Saratoga Serious vintage luxury shoppers should head to Lola Saratoga, a consignment shop with a one-of-a-kind collection of designer pieces.
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Cat Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
The museum embraces the town’s unique role as a final home after one’s life, showcasing everything from early-20th-century embalming equipment to the tombstones of 19th-century San Francisco residents — once sold in a Santa Cruz consignment shop and advertised as Halloween decorations.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Apparently, the consignment sold to him by his contact in the British Army was only available because it had been tagged for disposal.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
For Kozlin, who once managed more than 12,000 luxury clients as an account manager at a luxury consignment brand, the conversation felt nostalgic.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consignment
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Three interior pockets keep everything organized, while the tote’s zip closure ensures your precious cargo stays secure.—
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Later that night, Pine visits the weapons site with his former hotel colleague and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who rig the cargo trucks with cell-phone detonating explosives.—
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Deciding to pause operations this year jeopardized Martin's accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission [HLC], an independent agency that certifies the quality of colleges and universities nationwide.—
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There are 34 organizations, including IEEE, that are ABET members and assist the nonprofit with setting policy, developing strategy, and conducting accreditation activities worldwide.—
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The December shipment of teak — loaded at a Myanmar port owned by an oligarch with close ties to the military — was Florida Teak’s seventh of Burmese teak last year, bringing the total imported by the company in 2022 to roughly 437,000 pounds, import records analyzed by the Miami Herald show.—
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That 5-million-square-foot sorting and handling site temporarily closed midweek due to a cargo plane crash on location, already causing shipment delays ahead of the FAA mandate.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Corporate and government leaders regularly reissue return-to-office mandates, citing performance concerns.—
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If approved by federal regulators, the merger would create the nation's first transcontinental railroad company controlling nearly half of American rail freight.—
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Echo Global Logistics is rolling out customs brokerage services for cross-border freight swapped between the North American countries.—
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But the tickets can be used on consecutive or nonconsecutive dates, and visitors can opt to visit a single WDW park on more than one day during the promotion.—
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Also ahead for the Grammy winner is a tour in promotion of her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine, beginning in June 2026.—
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Excavators will support autonomous trenching, loading, grading, and related operations.—
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For top-loading machines, never fill laundry past the agitator.—
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The new Wylie store is set to be at 2710 W FM 544, according to the commission document.—
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Retailers also think the commission structure should be revisited.—
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“Consignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consignment. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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