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Recent Examples of department store
Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
On Thursday, in a unanimous vote, the Kansas City City Council voted to do away with the 130-foot height restriction on the parcel where a new Nordstrom department store had once been planned, before the company backed out in 2022.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Born in Piacenza in 1934, Armani abandoned medical school in 1954 to work at Milan’s La Rinascente department store.
—Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
On Thursday, in a unanimous vote, the Kansas City City Council voted to do away with the 130-foot height restriction on the parcel where a new Nordstrom department store had once been planned, before the company backed out in 2022.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Born in Piacenza in 1934, Armani abandoned medical school in 1954 to work at Milan’s La Rinascente department store.
—Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for department store
Noun
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Indie Store Album Sales ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain stores.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
7 July 2025
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Check your local store Many local businesses and most national chain stores will remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Mattresses and Box Springs Mattresses are a common source of thrift shop confusion.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Sep. 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 exchange between Homan and the FBI agents was recorded, according to multiple news reports.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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In exchange for the benefits, the Midway Rising team will be granted special rights, including the ability to construct the low-income housing units at any time within the project’s phasing plan, so long as certain conditions are met.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/department%20store. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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