: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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But the hypermarket format — which combines a supermarket and department store — has lost momentum as digital retail took off.—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025 Read what's become of department stores like it.—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025 Following its online launch, broader expansion is planned for 2026 with specialty stores, sporting goods and department store partners.—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025 Tubi Divorced, busy career woman Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara), with a wise-beyond-her-years daughter, Susan (Natalie Wood), hires an unusual man to play Santa Claus at Macy's department store.—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for department store
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