department store
Example Sentences
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As fast as she could, my mother went to the schoolbook section of Gimbel’s department store and brought home teachers’ reading books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and the late Vice Chairman Charlie Munger famously regretted their decision to buy a department store.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
In that post, he denied Carroll's claim that she had been attacked by him in the mid-1990s in a New York department store dressing room.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Macy’s faces declining department store views, but Bloomingdale’s comparable sales increased 7% last year.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
He followed her into Jenners, a large department store that filled an entire city block.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
