convenience store

noun

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

Examples of convenience store in a Sentence

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Maryland's alcohol sale laws Some business owners in Maryland have argued that lifting the ban on beer and wine sales in grocery stores would hurt craft distillers and would cause smaller retailers to have to compete with convenience stores and larger chains. Tara Lynch, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026 But the internet is not a convenience store, and social media is not a chemical or substance. Caden Rosenbaum, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026 According to court documents, Duckett was a police officer for the Lake County city of Mascotte in May 1987 when Teresa McAbee was last seen getting into his patrol car outside a convenience store. Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026 In the third case, a Fort Worth convenience store employee was shot and critically injured during a robbery, police said. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for convenience store

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of convenience store was in 1965

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“Convenience store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convenience%20store. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.

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convenience store

noun
: a small market that is open many hours

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