department store
Example Sentences
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As fast as she could, my mother went to the schoolbook section of Gimbel’s department store and brought home teachers’ reading books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Grilled "kabayaki" using fully farmed eel will be sold from May 29 at a department store in Tokyo and several other outlets including online shops in Japan.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
La Perla will hold such an event at Harrods department store in London in May.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
His father was an explosives engineer for a mining company in a little-known part of northern Spain, his mother worked in a department store.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
As a seamstress at a downtown department store, she repaired, altered, and steam-pressed clothing—work known and respected by both the black professional class and ordinary workers.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
