as in chain store
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Recent Examples of department store
The department stores dismiss with superior smiles any attempts to bargain at their counters, yet bargaining is practiced there as much as anywhere else.
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Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The First United Building, originally a department store and offices, is now a thriving creative hub.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
The company added that its data shows that some of Temu and Shein’s U.S. customers have shifted their spending toward legacy department stores and fast fashion retailers.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 10 June 2025
That was at a time when a new Nordstrom’s department store was still planned on a 3-acre parcel on the Plaza’s west edge — a deal that fell through in April 2022.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
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Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The First United Building, originally a department store and offices, is now a thriving creative hub.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
The company added that its data shows that some of Temu and Shein’s U.S. customers have shifted their spending toward legacy department stores and fast fashion retailers.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 10 June 2025
That was at a time when a new Nordstrom’s department store was still planned on a 3-acre parcel on the Plaza’s west edge — a deal that fell through in April 2022.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for department store
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More of the most destructive weapons come from independent gun dealers versus large chain stores – 16 times as many assault-style weapons and 60 times as many sniper rifles.—
Sean Campbell,
The Conversation,
28 May 2025
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the giant Tower Records on 66th Street and Broadway was as close to a formal meeting place for gay men as a chain store could get.—
Mark Harris,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
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My favorite stop on the tour was a variety store called Lee Avenue Photo—specifically, the toy section.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Going back in time, most Minnesota small towns shared similarities, including schools, drug stores, variety stores, cafes, churches, hardware stores, bars, baseball fields, gas stations, volunteer fire departments, American Legions and local newspapers.—
Tom Redman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Highlights include a thrift shop tour, light refreshments, an overview of philanthropic programs and raffles along with a silent auction.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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Participants still run a pet center, but also work at a farmyard with cows, goats and other animals, a restaurant and bakery, a country store, a thrift shop, and Lambs Industries, which offers production services, such as assembling, sorting or packaging products.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.—
Ray Hanley,
arkansasonline.com,
4 Oct. 2024
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The Phoenix Suns have acquired center Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the No. 29 pick on Wednesday and a 2029 first-round pick.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Instead, the Wizards undercut both Florida franchises, drafted and traded Clayton to Utah in exchange for the No. 21 pick and multiple second-round picks.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/department%20store. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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