Thesaurus results for CHAIN STORE

chain store

noun

as in department store

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Recent Examples of chain store The intrigue: San Francisco heavily restricts chain stores or big-box retailers with 11 or more locations throughout the U.S. from opening in certain neighborhoods due to Proposition G, a 2007 ballot measure aimed at protecting mom-and-pop shops. —

Nadia Lopez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024 The complaint says that since at least 2018, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits deprived smaller businesses of access to discounts and rebates, harming their ability to compete with large national and regional chain stores. —

Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024 The project is breaking even: the farms currently supply some of the local supermarkets and chain stores with fresh produce. —

Mogomotsi Magome, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024 Others purchased their trees from chain stores (21%), nurseries (16%), retail lots (15%), nonprofit organizations such as the Boy Scouts or churches (13%), online retailers (6%), or other sources (4%). —

Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chain store

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Four much lower buildings would face one another across the ginkgos: on one side, a department store and a science museum; on the other, a conference center and a concert hall.

— Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Shoppers pass a Cartier luxury store, operated by Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, in the Galeries Lafayette SA luxury department store in Paris, France.

— Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025