: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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Also buried there are members of the Macy family of the Macy's department stores.—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026 Straight from the department store beauty counter.—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026 The series finds Ash Williams — of the original Evil Dead trilogy — living in a trailer park and working as a department store stocker, still haunted by his experiences slaying Deadites three decades earlier.—Sammi Burke, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026 And, in true department store fashion, Nordstrom’s return policy is next level, with no strict time limits.—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for department store