1
: a market (as in the Middle East) consisting of rows of shops or stalls selling miscellaneous goods
2
a
: a place for the sale of goods
b
3
: a fair for the sale of articles especially for charitable purposes
a church bazaar
Examples of bazaar in a Sentence
we wandered around the bazaar looking to buy gifts
Recent Examples on the Web
Not long after the Achakzai appointed him leader of their militia, Raziq’s older brother, Bacha, was gunned down in the bazaar in Chaman.
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Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Woman of the Hour were inked at or just before TIFF last year — but unlike Cannes or Berlin, the festival has never had an official bazaar where buyers and sellers can set up shop.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over.
—Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
Located on the cobbled pedestrian street in downtown Mexico City, this property—first built as a 19th-century townhome and the former residence of the late photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo—feels like staying at a minimalist bazaar.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 2 May 2024
The department store is no longer the destination bazaar where beauty products are overwhelmingly bought.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The night market is influenced by the open-air bazaars found in numerous parts of Asia, where the community gathers for entertainment, to socialize and to taste various foods and beverages.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
The eclectic bazaar of online communities offered its stock at an initial price of $34 a share and gained 48.4% in its first day of trading on Thursday.
—Damian J. Troise, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
Most exchange offices in or around the historic bazaar are offering to buy dollars at exchange rates even better than the current market rate to meet the soaring demand.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Woman of the Hour were inked at or just before TIFF last year — but unlike Cannes or Berlin, the festival has never had an official bazaar where buyers and sellers can set up shop.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over.
—Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
Located on the cobbled pedestrian street in downtown Mexico City, this property—first built as a 19th-century townhome and the former residence of the late photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo—feels like staying at a minimalist bazaar.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 2 May 2024
The department store is no longer the destination bazaar where beauty products are overwhelmingly bought.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The night market is influenced by the open-air bazaars found in numerous parts of Asia, where the community gathers for entertainment, to socialize and to taste various foods and beverages.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
The eclectic bazaar of online communities offered its stock at an initial price of $34 a share and gained 48.4% in its first day of trading on Thursday.
—Damian J. Troise, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
Most exchange offices in or around the historic bazaar are offering to buy dollars at exchange rates even better than the current market rate to meet the soaring demand.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
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bazaar
noun
ba·zaar
bə-ˈzär 
1
: a marketplace (as in the Middle East) containing rows of small shops
2
: a place where many kinds of goods are sold
3
: a fair for the sale of articles especially to raise money for charity
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