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

The figure is still halfway across the department store but approaching me quickly, parcels spilling out of her arms.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse