: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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Nai Lert founded the first department store in Chiang Mai, which sold wooden crafts; this therapy features the massage technique from that region, which incorporates rounded specialty tools hand-carved from a teak tree struck by lightning, which is believed to imbue it with healing energy.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 The recipe comes from a bygone department store called Miller & Rhoads.—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026 The long-vacant former Kmart is coming down in Round Lake Beach to make way for a new Target, as the community moves on from the department store chain that was once a retail king but is now little more than a memory for most shoppers.—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 The result feels more like getting a recommendation from someone with a good eye than navigating a department store website.—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for department store