department store
Example Sentences
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Originally a huge music department store which sold records and instruments, the building had been slated for demolition after the store filed for insolvency in 1995.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
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
Buffett himself has often highlighted mistakes in his retail investments, calling a 1966 deal to buy a Baltimore department store one of his biggest mistakes.
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
His father gave them all envelopes of varying amounts of money, never thinking that just once they might like something he actually went into a department store and selected.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
