Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

department store



Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

“Any goods that you see in a grocery store or a department store got there in a truck,” said Joseph Firrincieli, sales manager at OEC Group New York, a logistics and freight-forwarding company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

We saw crowds of shop workers from Kyiv's biggest department store hanging around the streets during an alert, forced to leave their work place but not fearful enough to seek shelter.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

During that process, another call came in that the suspect had moved into the nearby Marshalls department store.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Edinburgh's Princes Street is set to fully reopen on Saturday, seven weeks after it was shut by a major fire in a former department store.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

And sure enough, tucked between a department store catalogue and an electricity bill is yet another beach scene.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training