department store
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of department store
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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
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
He claims to have found a copy of “Lunch on a Beam,” also known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” at an Austrian department store in 1989 and recognized it from an old family album.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Grilled "kabayaki" using fully farmed eel will be sold from May 29 at a department store in Tokyo and several other outlets including online shops in Japan.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Sometimes I would stop in my tracks to stare at a department store window filled with lavish displays of merchandise, from clothing and jewelry to appliances.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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