as in chain store
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Recent Examples of department store
If your cosmetic bag has been hanging on since the days of department store gift-with-purchase promotions, consider this your sign to retire it.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Beyond the mentorship, Galvan’s win includes a $5,000 grand prize and her designs being put on display at a department store.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Successes include the conversion of the old Stewart’s department store as the Catholic Relief Services headquarters, and the Atrium apartments fill the former Hecht’s department store.
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Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Fragrance used to be a splurge purchase reserved for the department store counter.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Beyond the mentorship, Galvan’s win includes a $5,000 grand prize and her designs being put on display at a department store.
—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Successes include the conversion of the old Stewart’s department store as the Catholic Relief Services headquarters, and the Atrium apartments fill the former Hecht’s department store.
—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Fragrance used to be a splurge purchase reserved for the department store counter.
—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for department store
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In a press release, the San Jose Police Department said its retail theft unit was investigating retail thefts of large amounts of golf balls from multiple retail chain stores between March 25 and May 5.
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Appliances Over 10 Years Old Habitat for Humanity ReStore is one of the few secondhand chain stores that accepts large appliances—whether laundry machines or fridges.
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Notable tenants in the Metropolitan have included the Los Angeles Public Library, Owl Drug Co., variety store J.J. Newberry and real estate company Janns Investment Co., which sold the land where UCLA is built and developed Westwood Village, among other Los Angeles neighborhoods.
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Opening in 1951, the Broadway Shopping Center, as it was then called, also offered space for several anchor department stores, along with a Woolworth variety store.
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His family’s book business started when Weinstein’s uncles turned his grandfather’s thrift shop in India into a bookstore.
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Fill in the gaps when entertaining with inexpensive stools or a wooden bench sourced at a thrift shop or online.
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And Black is a dime store paperback and pulp fiction aficionado, with the Bolan stories among his favorites.
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This came after an exchange of fire in previous days between the US and Iran.
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The district countered with an offer of several months pay in exchange for giving up the right to indemnification, the sources said.
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/department%20store. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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