department store
Americannoun
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department stores
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of department store
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The department store chain Kohl’s prevents agentic purchases, a spokeswoman said, declining to elaborate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
During that process, another call came in that the suspect had moved into the nearby Marshalls department store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The book captivated Edgar Kaufmann Jr.—the son of a Pittsburgh department store owner—so much so that he enrolled in Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Edinburgh's Princes Street is to fully reopen on Saturday, seven weeks after a major fire at a former department store.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ruby worked for a department store in the mall.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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