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High Street

noun

  1. the main street of a town, usually where the principal shops are situated
  2. the market constituted by the general public
  3. modifier geared to meet the requirements of, and readily available for purchase by, the general public

    High-Street fashion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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We see it in the high street, where the market place steps up to provide "solutions" at every price bracket, when it sees a customer need going unanswered.

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Initially, he handed out leaflets on high streets as part of an animal rights group.

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Before his appointment to the House of Lords after Labour's election win, he was best known as a the high street boss who employed ex-offenders across his more than 1,000 Timpson stores.

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He told me it was also okay with him if foreign brands like Armani or Hilfiger came to take up high street space in India.

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It said the fake medicines looked like "the same kind of packet you might get from your chemist on the high street" but were "most likely purchased from illicit online pharmacies".

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