Examples of mini-mart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Amanda had started working again, running a mini-mart across from a hotel in the center of town. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024 Clerks focuses on Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson), two employees at a mini-mart who chat about movies and life while making small talk with customers. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024 The mini-mart and restaurant was opened in 2015 by Sam Aroon, who operated it with his wife, Prachit, and her brother, Dominic. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023 The lobby of the venue will be decorated as a retro gas station and mini-mart, similar to the one Dre (Fishback) visits in the show. Katie Reul, Variety, 7 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mini-mart was in 1959

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“Mini-mart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mini-mart. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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