Examples of department store in a Sentence
Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
In July, David and Victoria celebrated their daughter's 12th birthday in the chicest way possible — with a trip to the Prada Caffè in Harrods department store in London.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
The development broke ground in December 2017 on the former site of the landmark J.H. Hudson Co. department store, which closed in 1983 and was imploded in 1998.
—Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
Coleman-Miller remembered hearing her mom call around to different department stores, seeking donations the church could later sell.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
The department store is no longer the destination bazaar where beauty products are overwhelmingly bought.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
At some point during negotiations, Petrovich pushed for the city to purchase his K Street office building — called the Hale building, for the department store that opened there in 1881 — as part of the settlement.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
The department store Kohl’s bought more than 70 credits from various productions for a total of $10.6 million.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Video captured the moment last weekend when a woman casually shopping in a Chinese department store disappeared as a possible sinkhole swallowed a portion of the floor.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2024
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Word History
1887, in the meaning defined above
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