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Recent Examples of department store
Spectators numbered nearly 20,000 that rainy day to visit the largest Macy’s in California and the first major department store to be constructed in California in more than a decade, according to newspapers.
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
At first it was sold at Macy’s department store in large sheets broken into smaller pieces, then in the 1940s, the company sold its own candy bar size in stores.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Final verdict: Is this going to set you back more than your average department store fragrance?
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Jan. 2025
Last week, the department store chain agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group.
—Anne D’innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
At first it was sold at Macy’s department store in large sheets broken into smaller pieces, then in the 1940s, the company sold its own candy bar size in stores.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Final verdict: Is this going to set you back more than your average department store fragrance?
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Jan. 2025
Last week, the department store chain agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group.
—Anne D’innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for department store
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Dana Taylor: Art resembling that created by Indigenous people has shown up in chain stores like Urban Outfitters and online retailers such as Amazon.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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If the thought of throngs of shoppers in crowded high street chain stores fills you with horror, there is another side to London Christmas shopping.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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Here are just some of the everyday items that would be affected if duties on goods from China, Canada and Mexico take effect. Miami, Five Below, discount variety store merchandise.—
Melissa Repko,Gabrielle Fonrouge,Michael Wayland,Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor.—
Vicki M. Young,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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Nubby quilts warm up the bedrooms, a sultry Soane fabric dresses up a thrift shop–found sofa, and an original soapstone sink rough up the new mudroom.—
Jennifer Fernandez,
Architectural Digest,
20 Jan. 2025
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Room, board and group therapy are free, in exchange for which residents work at the many businesses the academy runs, including thrift shops, a construction company and a moving and storage business.—
Jan Hoffman,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.—
Ray Hanley,
arkansasonline.com,
4 Oct. 2024
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Werewolf Lawyer has its own distinct look, a pulp paperback straight from the golden age of dime store novels done by Ian Klarer.—
Jef Rouner,
Chron,
14 Sep. 2024
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The cease-fire and hostage deal involves Hamas gradually releasing 33 Israeli hostages held in Gaza over the next six weeks in exchange for Israel releasing nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees from the West Bank and Gaza.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Details have now emerged on just who exactly Rangers general manager Chris Drury was preparing to ship in exchange for Miller.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/department%20store. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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