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Recent Examples of department store
The department store previously doubled as a dropoff location for Amazon returns.
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Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
The scene after an explosion at a department store in Taichung, Taiwan, on Thursday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
The household implements my female elders exchanged as gifts at Christmastime soon filled the novelty shelves of kitchenware aisles in department stores.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
There’s also a downsizing trend in retail, which could see department stores closing at a higher clip beyond this year, Svec said.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
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Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
The scene after an explosion at a department store in Taichung, Taiwan, on Thursday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
The household implements my female elders exchanged as gifts at Christmastime soon filled the novelty shelves of kitchenware aisles in department stores.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
There’s also a downsizing trend in retail, which could see department stores closing at a higher clip beyond this year, Svec said.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for department store
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The economic blackout which aims to hurt large corporations by telling consumers not to spend money at major retailers and chain stores is an action that may end up hurting small businesses, the backbone of America.—
Shelley E. Kohan,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Consciously or not, Orsolya has played an active role in such urban growth; her job is to evict people from the lots that have been gobbled up by the government and/or greedy real estate developers who want to turn them into condos, chain stores, and luxury hotels.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
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Going back in time, most Minnesota small towns shared similarities, including schools, drug stores, variety stores, cafes, churches, hardware stores, bars, baseball fields, gas stations, volunteer fire departments, American Legions and local newspapers.—
Tom Redman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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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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It is said to not judge a book by its cover and staff at a thrift shop in Casper, Wyoming, can attest to that saying.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Ben Rowe, now 27, spent weekends of his youth with his mother and grandmother rummaging through thrift shops looking for a good deal.—
Caleb Mezzy,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 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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In the current funding cycle, landowners in Fisher's irrigation district alone are getting about $40 million in exchange for cutting back on their water use.—
Alex Hager,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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Sneed -- who received a life sentence in exchange for testifying against Glossip -- had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and been taking psychiatric medication, but denied it during trial -- facts uncorrected by prosecutors who knew the truth.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/department%20store. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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