department store

noun

: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods

Examples of department store in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dillard’s — The department store chain slipped more than 9% on disappointing quarterly results. Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024 And in addition to counterfeits becoming harder to identify, crime, like return fraud, is being committed as a result when large department stores do not have the correct authentication technology put in place to protect against it. Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 14 Aug. 2024 The brush clearing was required by the Los Angeles Fire Department to protect a metal shed where the parks department stores fuel for lawn mowers, said Leon Boroditsky, principal ground maintenance supervisor for the forestry division of Recreation and Parks. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024 Their first interaction is happenstance; Maddie buys the dress Cleo is modeling in the window of department store Hecht’s, a set that required quite a bit from both Molina and Karmarkar. Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for department store 

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Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of department store was in 1887

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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/department%20store. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

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department store

noun
: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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