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      <p ns="0" title="Stores" snippet="...ective in what they buy through their own self-proclaimed &amp;quot;style experts,&amp;quot; &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; employees who know not to buy your dad&#039;s old clothes. Content varies wildly&#10;" size="6064" wordcount="1002" timestamp="2018-04-29T13:54:56Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Styles" snippet="...us efforts to differentiate themselves from mass produced garments with no &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt;, depth, or &amp;quot;Soul&amp;quot;.&#10;" size="13227" wordcount="2095" timestamp="2018-04-29T13:55:14Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Glossary" snippet="...rocess is the traditional method for the manufacture of men&#039;s dress shoes, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; they can be resoled.&#10;|Adjective &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; &amp;quot;frequently appears in malls&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;looks like clothing you would find in a m&#10;" size="3470" wordcount="548" timestamp="2018-05-06T15:49:24Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>