as in chain store
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Recent Examples of department store
In an innovative twist that blurs the lines between retail, hospitality, and experience, Faherty is taking over the department store's in-house restaurant space—Flip—to launch its first-ever Sun and Waves restaurant pop-up in New York City.
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Brin Snelling, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Portage is closer to getting a major department store with the City Council holding the first reading last week on rezoning an 84.29-acre parcel that would be half commercial and have multifamily residential.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
The last of the department stores in Miami-Dade and Broward could be demolished as part of redevelopment plans approved by the city of Miami.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
Founded in 1901, this luxury department store chain has built a reputation for exceptional customer service and premium merchandise.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Brin Snelling, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Portage is closer to getting a major department store with the City Council holding the first reading last week on rezoning an 84.29-acre parcel that would be half commercial and have multifamily residential.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
The last of the department stores in Miami-Dade and Broward could be demolished as part of redevelopment plans approved by the city of Miami.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
Founded in 1901, this luxury department store chain has built a reputation for exceptional customer service and premium merchandise.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for department store
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the giant Tower Records on 66th Street and Broadway was as close to a formal meeting place for gay men as a chain store could get.—
Mark Harris,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
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Stores in Democratic or Republican Counties in America Each chain store’s red/blue distribution.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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My favorite stop on the tour was a variety store called Lee Avenue Photo—specifically, the toy section.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
5 May 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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Estate sales, thrift shops, online marketplaces, and discount stores can be sources of hidden gems at bargain prices.—
Mike Irvine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Apr. 2025
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Consider this your checklist when shopping at Grandma’s house or the local thrift shop.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 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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On Thursday, Lurie announced on social media that cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is opening an office in San Francisco after leaving the city four years ago.—
Wendy Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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The very principle of financialization rules even the most mundane exchange of objects in the same manner that the most banal exchange of economic investment and speculation regulates the sign of spiritual autonomy and utopian aspirations that abstraction had initially promised.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/department%20store. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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