department store

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Recent Examples of department store Also, for coffee fans who can't wait until Nov. 6, Starbucks' holiday coffees and creamers are now available at select grocery and department stores, including Target and Walmart. Chad Murphy, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2025 Set appropriately inside the creepy, abandoned Sears department store, the carnival includes a bunch of ways to get your kicks, giggles and jump scares. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 The feds said a $10,400 grant from a department store to be used to feed hungry children was actually laundered through a church to pay back rent. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025 Growing up in Waterford, Michigan, Barra has fond memories of the dazzling Christmas lights on Woodward as her family visited the J.L. Hudson Department Store, the site of what for a time was the world's tallest department store, every year. Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for department store
Recent Examples of Synonyms for department store
Noun
  • The road behind the chain store will be blocked off to include a vinyl pop-up record store, photo booth, friendship bracelets, glitter sprinkles on Starbucks cold foam drinks and more.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The key challenge is balancing chain stores, trendy dining, and useful shops to suit a mix of locals and visitors — something the street has struggled with through its many ups and downs.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For those that live in the neighborhood, offerings at the Metropolitan Bar and Kitchen’s variety store are convenient for those looking to stop in for pizza and beer, wine and other items.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Discount stores remain the most popular type of retailer for 62 percent of back-to-school shoppers, followed by Amazon, 56 percent, and dollar and variety stores, 42 percent.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Take the quiz here … SECONDHAND SECRETS – Bargain hunter spots potential medieval treasures at thrift shop for $30.
    , FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • All of the members who work in the thrift shop volunteer their time and proceeds from the shop’s sales fund the league’s various initiatives.
    Jeffrey Miller, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Islamabad — Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have flared in recent days with the exchange of deadly gunfire between the neighbors that has stoked fears of a wider conflict.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Yossi's brother, Eli Sharabi, was also kidnapped during the attacks and was later released in a hostages-for-prisoners exchange deal.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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