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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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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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Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
10 Sep. 2024
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Nina and Stefan Pope — who have furnished their home for nearly 20 years with secondhand items found at thrift stores around their neighborhood — decided to tie the knot inside one of their favorite places — a thrift shop outside of Manchester, England, according to CBS News.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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Be creative, think outside the box, and definitely check out your local thrift shops.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
31 Dec. 2024
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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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In exchange for Kennedy endorsing Trump last summer, says Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the progressive government watchdog Public Citizen, Trump picked the vaccine critic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/department%20store. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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