Below you will find example sentences with "department stores". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Department Stores in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: stores
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 20
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.6 words

Words in this phrase

department stores

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • department can mean: A part, portion, or subdivision. Common word
  • stores can mean: plural of store Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

business at department stores fell 0 1× care or department stores 1× commercial stores department stores warehouse clubs 1× department stores might already 1× high end department stores such as 1× hills and department stores in the 1× i e department stores the fall 1× in major department stores pay to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the company operates 2× the company s 2× as difficult as 1× black opal products 1× business at department 1× department stores might 1×

Common sentence endings:

0 5 drop 1× and department stores 1× and e commerce 1× and electronics outlets 1× and energy segments 1× at 3 percent 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

company 4× grocery 4× include 3× outlets 3× percent 3× sales 3× customers 2× specialty 2× warehouse 2× price 2× retailers 2× food 2×

Related phrases

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Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around stores:

grocery stores 20× retail stores 14× convenience stores 11× liquor stores 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

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Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

grocery stores retail stores convenience stores liquor stores ross stores

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "department stores" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as business at department stores fell 0, care or department stores, company, grocery and include stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fire department, police department, grocery stores, grocery stores, retail stores and convenience stores, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with department stores

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

This ban will also include bars, restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores, and department stores. (13 words)

Unlike department stores, the inventory in secondhand stores is generally inconsistent and unpredictable. (13 words)

The company operates supermarkets, multi-department stores, marketplace stores, and price impact warehouse stores. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

If what we’ve been tracking is true, over the next few years you’ll find Razer expand its reach beyond department stores in the United States into its own self-titled brand stores in some of the largest malls in the world – mark my words, it’ll go down! (50 words)

Black Opal products are available mainly at drug and grocery stores, including CVS and Walmart, while Fashion Fair products were sold mainly at high-end department stores such as Macy’s and Dillard’s outlets. (35 words)

Department stores might already be in full Christmas mode, but specialty dessert stores aren’t giving up on autumn staples just yet, with several still rolling out elevated takes on the familiar Mont Blanc. (34 words)

Question examples

You get a pool and a dog park but how about grocery stores, medical care or department stores? (18 words)

Exclamation examples

If what we’ve been tracking is true, over the next few years you’ll find Razer expand its reach beyond department stores in the United States into its own self-titled brand stores in some of the largest malls in the world – mark my words, it’ll go down! (50 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Company's wholesale customers include mass market merchants, specialty stores, commercial stores, department stores, warehouse clubs, grocery stores, off-price retailers, food service distributors, pharmacies, food and beverage outlets and e-commerce.

The company operates supermarkets, multi-department stores, marketplace stores, and price impact warehouse stores.

As difficult as the environment has been for the discount department stores, the upmarket department stores Myer and David Jones have fared worse.

In the 80s, department stores like Target and Walmart sold the first Nintendo console in the toy department rather than the electronics department.

With other non-specialized stores selling predominantly manufactured goods (i.e. department stores), the fall in turnover stood at 3 percent.

You get a pool and a dog park but how about grocery stores, medical care or department stores?

Business at department stores fell 0.2%, while clothing and accessory stores posted a 0.5% drop.

Sales were up three percent at department stores and 1.3 percent at the broader category of general merchandise stores.

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The company operates through Property Development, Property Leasing, Department Stores and Supermarket-Cum-Stores Operations, Hotel Room Operation, Other Businesses, and Utility and Energy segments.

The company’s customers include jewelry store chains, department stores, independent regional jewelers, network of independent distributors, online marketplaces, licensors’ retail stores, and third-party e-commerce retailers.

But it's worth pointing out that even concession stores in major department stores pay to occupy space there.

Department stores might already be in full Christmas mode, but specialty dessert stores aren’t giving up on autumn staples just yet, with several still rolling out elevated takes on the familiar Mont Blanc.

On Saturday, large groups of people began looting luxury stores along Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and department stores in The Grove.

This ban will also include bars, restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores, and department stores.

Black Opal products are available mainly at drug and grocery stores, including CVS and Walmart, while Fashion Fair products were sold mainly at high-end department stores such as Macy’s and Dillard’s outlets.

The report revealed sales were up at internet stores, department stores, restaurants and electronics outlets.

Unlike department stores, the inventory in secondhand stores is generally inconsistent and unpredictable.

Warehouses, department stores, grocery stores — Structures with large open spaces are particularly vulnerable to collapse, even in relatively weak tornadoes.

If what we’ve been tracking is true, over the next few years you’ll find Razer expand its reach beyond department stores in the United States into its own self-titled brand stores in some of the largest malls in the world – mark my words, it’ll go down!

Last year, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus department stores both dropped her line, citing slow sales after pressure from activists to boycott stores doing business with Trump’s family.

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