department store

noun

: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods

Examples of department store in a Sentence

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Major department store chain Macy’s will close 66 locations in 2025, part of a shutdown of 150 stores over the next three years. Chris Westfall, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 Customers can shop the collection in pop-up shops at department store La Rinascente in Milan; Dubai International Airport; concept store Jet in Mexico City; the Galería Canalejas shopping mall in Madrid, and O-Yane Plaza, a multipurpose entertainment space in Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills district. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 1 Mar. 2025 Developed by Marshall Field & Co., the Merchandise Mart opened in 1930 to house wholesale products for department store buyers. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 In further steps to streamline its focus on core businesses e-commerce and cloud, Alibaba in recent months has shed assets, including offloading department store chain in time for a $1.3 billion loss in December. Harshita Mary Varghese and Casey Hall, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for department store

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of department store was in 1887

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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/department%20store. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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department store

noun
: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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