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Year In Review

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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is a Pair of Perfect Black PantsMy search for tailored but comfy trousers has finally come to an end.
    By Tembe Denton-Hurst
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    This Sling Pack Is the Best Thing I Bought This Year“What sets this pack apart from others is the hidden cross-body strap; I can go from fanny-pack mode to wearing it like a sling on my back.”
    By Jeremy Rellosa
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    These Skin Gummies Were the Best Thing I Bought This YearThey’re like a vacation in a bottle.
    By Chelsea Peng
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    This Sleek Expandable Shoe Rack Is the Best Thing I Bought This YearIts minimalist design brought peace and order to my nonexistent entryway.
    By Liza Corsillo
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is This Cookbook That Reminds Me of My GrandmaThe traditional Black dishes in Jubilee remind me of being in the kitchen with my grandmother.
    By Latifah Miles
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    This Eye-Bag-Concealing Powder Is the Best Thing I Bought This YearAll the water and sleep in the world can’t make me look as well rested.
    By Rachael Griffiths
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is a Massage Hook to Unknot My BackI feel looser and more relaxed, and my flexibility has returned to its pre-pandemic levels.
    By Kitty Guo
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Was a $2 Box CutterI’ll never use my house key to slice through packing tape again.
    By Katherine Gillespie
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    Year in Review: How Strategist Readers Shopped in 2022What was the most read Strategist story? Which deals did readers take advantage of? And what was the most expensive thing anyone bought?
    By Kitty Guo and Brenley Goertzen
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    These (Many) Enamel Trays Were the Best Things I Bought This YearThere’s now one in almost every room of my apartment.
    By Emma Wartzman
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is This Actually Sexy Minimizer BraIt shapes and minimizes without looking frumpy.
    By Ambar Pardilla
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    What Actually Is It About the Laneige Lip Mask?In the words of supermodel Beverly Johnson, “nothing compares.”
    By Tembe Denton-Hurst
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is This No-Rinse Laundry SoapThe sweaters that have gotten the Soak treatment — from Uniqlo cashmere to Everlane alpaca — have come out feeling soft and smelling fresh.
    By Dominique Pariso
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    What They Can’t Live Without (That Also Make Great Gifts)The best of celebrity shopping in 2022.
    By Jenna Milliner-Waddell
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year: A Delightful Digital Picture FrameI’ve spent $850 (so far) on Aura frames for me and my family, and I have no regrets.
    By Jen Trolio
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    New York’s 20 Most-Read Stories in 2021The articles our readers were most deeply engaged with this year.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year: An Aqua-Blue Sewing Machine for TeenagersIt comes with Gen-Z-friendly YouTube tutorials.
    By Katherine Gillespie
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    This $15 Bluetooth Shower Speaker Is the Best Thing I Bought All YearIt makes my long showers genuinely fun and entertaining.
    By Rio Viera-Newton
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is My ‘Secret Second Suitcase’“I can easily fit two pairs of shoes as well as a week’s worth of underwear, socks, and thin shirts, relieving a ton of pressure on my suitcase.”
    By Louis Cheslaw
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is This Puffy Baggu Laptop CaseThe featherlight and ultrapadded sleeves protect my tech no matter what bag I throw them in.
    By Liza Corsillo
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Is a One-Pound Tub of VanicreamCall me a convert.
    By Lauren Ro
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year: An Over-the-Counter Remedy for Asian FlushAlong with my phone, wallet, and keys, I don’t leave home without it.
    By Arielle Avila
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    This Heated Shoulder Massager Is the Best Thing I Bought This YearBecause I could only ask my husband for so many back rubs.
    By Karen Iorio Adelson
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    The Revlon Oil-Control Roller Is the Best Thing I Bought This YearMy face doesn’t look like a melting Goober candle anymore.
    By Ambar Pardilla
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    Year in Review: How Strategist Readers Shopped in 2021What was the most read Strategist story? What did readers buy on Black Friday? And which NYC mayoral candidate had the most popular shopping column?
    By The Editors
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    This Stove-Top Percolator Is the Best Thing I Bought This YearIt doesn’t take up any counter space, is easy to clean, and doubles as a tea kettle.
    By Emma Wartzman
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    This Cordless Lamp Is the Best Thing I Bought This YearA modern-day lantern for my poorly lit apartment.
    By Chloe Anello
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    Year in Review: How Strategist Readers Shopped in 2020What was the peak shopping day of this year? What was the most expensive thing bought? And how many people bought Steve Kornacki’s khakis?
    By The Editors
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    My Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Is More Useful Now Than EverAn impulse Prime Day purchase became a must-have tech gadget.
    By Maxine Builder
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    Year in Review: How Strategist Readers Shopped in 2018What was the peak shopping day of last year? What was the most expensive thing bought? And how many people bought Scott Rogowsky’s “snug-fit” condoms?
    By The Editors
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    I Found It on the Strategist: What the Editors Discovered This YearIncluding Japanese scrubbers, makeup holders, and dinosaur backpacks.
    By The Editors
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Was a (Now 4-Foot) Fiddle-Leaf Fig From AmazonThe fiddle-leaf fig might be the avocado toast of house plants, but still, there’s no denying its charm.
    By David Notis
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    The Best Thing I Bought All Year Was an Apple PencilI wish I had bought one sooner.
    By Liza Corsillo
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    The Best Thing I Bought This Year Was an Invisible-Under-My-Coat Puffer Jacket“If you’re looking to bundle up (without going full Canada Goose), it’s the best way to game the system.”
    By Lori Keong
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    Strat Haul: This Supersharp Japanese Knife Is the Best Thing I Bought in 2018It slices, dices, butterflies, chops, and cuts like a dream.
    By Lauren Ro
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    What Strategist Readers Bought: The 25 Top-Selling Things of 2018A year of pimple patches, weighted blankets, and metal straws.
    By The Editors
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    Strat Haul: This Odor-Free Kitty Litter Is the Best Thing I Bought in 2018It also changes colors if your cat’s sick.
    By Karen Iorio Adelson
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    Strat Haul: This Asian BB Cream Is the Best Thing I Bought in 2017Wearing it makes me look like the airbrushed, Instagram-filtered version of myself.
    By Lori Keong
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    Strat Haul: This Voice-Controlled Alarm Clock Is the Best Thing I Bought in 2017It made me a morning person again.
    By Lauren Levy
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    Strat Haul: This Clear-Plastic Makeup Case Is the Best Thing I Bought in 2017The space-age makeup-storage solution of this writer’s dreams is a reality.
    By Maxine Builder
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    Strat Haul: These Water Glasses Are the Best Things I Bought in 2017Nothing feels quite as perfect in the hand.
    By Jason Chen
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    The 25 Top-Selling Things Strategist Readers Bought in 2017Cheap beauty products ruled the day.
    By The Editors
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    Here Are the Best Beauty Products of 2017A definitive list.
    By Ashley Weatherford and Kathleen Hou
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    The Strategist’s Top 10 Stories of 2016The best gifts, products, and toys on the Strategist in 2016
    By The Editors