retail therapy

Example Sentences

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After all, if Americans are stressed, what better solution than retail therapy?

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

This certainly wasn’t retail therapy to chase away a bad mood.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

To make themselves feel better, they might engage in retail therapy, Jack said.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

A friend and I had popped to the Westfield for an afternoon of retail therapy.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

But he wasn’t just indulging in retail therapy for its own sake—his wardrobe has been a key part of his strategy to dupe people, Natalie Shutler writes.

From Slate • May 16, 2023