minding the store
Example Sentences
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When nearly a quarter-billion dollars can vanish from one state program before anyone truly notices, taxpayers are justified in asking who was supposed to be minding the store.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Most, as indexers, are just blindly buying — assuming that somebody else is minding the store.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025
But kids understand that no one is minding the store.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023
Of course, right next to that is another sign, this one directing customers to just slide a check or cash under the door if there’s no one minding the store.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2018
Yossarian smiled feebly at McWatt, feeling ill, and asked, “Who’s minding the store ?” McWatt gave no sign that he heard.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
