department store

Example Sentences

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Macy’s faces declining department store views, but Bloomingdale’s comparable sales increased 7% last year.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

After her mother spotted what appeared to be exact replicas in a Minnesota department store chain, Lennick sued.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

It depicts her in a black dress, ready to depart from her home in Eagle Bridge, N.Y., in November 1940, for Manhattan, where Gimbels department store was displaying her works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Get thee to a department store for some soft furnishings.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

So, I'd tried checking out the white ladies' bathroom in a downtown department store several months before.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals