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Skip the shopping frenzy with these 4 Black Friday alternatives

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Buy Nothing Day wa Americans d to be a 24-hour moratorium on making purchases as a personal counter to unsustainable consumption.

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56

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44

Neutral language

65

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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