How to Use swap meet in a Sentence

swap meet

noun
  • This year will feature a vinyl swap meet and goods from across the globe.
    — Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 28 May 2017
  • Host a neighborhood swap meet for clothes, books or tools.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Once the swap meet reopened, some paid the fees and moved back inside.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The site for many years was home to a drive-in theater and a weekend swap meet.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Parts and collector car sales are available at the swap meet.
    — Andy Mikonis, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2017
  • Vendors, dealers, swap meet, parts, door prizes, raffles and food trucks.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2021
  • This swap meet is open to people of all interests and is free to attend.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The sender had bought a bassoon at a swap meet in San Bernardino.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Bo came up to me that day and said, ‘Our department’s going to a swap meet.
    — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Part of the site, located north of the airport, has been used for a swap meet in recent years.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But the pandemic brought restrictions on swap meet food sales.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Most can be best found at swap meets or by approaching strangers at Radwood-style car shows.
    — Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The swap meet was massive, with rows and rows of vendors selling purses, shoes, strollers, tacos and burgers.
    — De Los Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In addition to antiques and collectibles, the event is also a swap meet/flea market.
    — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • Fest and Brisket Cookoff will take place outdoors, as will a swap meet and the Army band concert.
    — Visit Sitka, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Korean merchants have kept the Slauson swap meet alive for 40 years.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Over the years, Bob has picked up memorabilia at swap meets, and people have given some of the items to him.
    — Christena T. O'Brien, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2019
  • Panini’s biggest market of all is Brazil, and four years ago impromptu swap meets sprung up in every host city.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
  • Host a neighborhood swap meet for clothes, books or tools — an approach that keeps usable items in circulation and out of landfills.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The swap meet also was a chance for local artists like Erin Schechman Caruso to display their pieces.
    — Stefanie Valentic, cleveland.com, 21 July 2019
  • And over on the west side, a new vendor at a bustling Mexican swap meet serves an oversized Sonoran specialty.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Before a second swap meet clinic, scheduled on June 6, Palomar Health pulled out of the plan.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Crystal and Jackie move over to a nearby high-school gym, where a group of people have set up a swap meet of sorts called the Funderdome.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Created on four-track cassette tape, Dre’s swap meet tapes are some of the most dynamic DJ mixes of the era.
    — John Morrison, SPIN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And the Roadium in Torrance, which also had just been a swap meet, has started showing movies again over the past five years or so.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
  • During a visit to Pomona over the weekend, more than 300 people were vaccinated at a swap meet.
    — Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • This swap meet once called the intersection of 35th Avenue and Buckeye Road home.
    — David Ulloa Jr, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • As long as the Santee City Council signs off, the two sides have agreed to keep the theater and swap meet open through December.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The swap meet sadly closed at the start of the pandemic, but Almanza happened to sign the lease for a brick-and-mortar restaurant weeks before the closure.
    — Jackie Tran, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Stephanie, a TikTok influencer (@stephaniegrime) credited with the trend, bought mystery boxes at a swap meet, and that’s where the fun began.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 3 Oct. 2022

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