supermarket
noun
su·per·mar·ket
ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət 
often attributive
1
: a self-service retail market selling especially foods and household merchandise
2
: something resembling a supermarket especially in the variety or volume of its goods or services
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On May 14, 2022, Gendron traveled to Buffalo and opened fire in a busy supermarket, killing 10 people and wounding three others.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Feel free to do the same or reach for refrigerated pizza dough at the supermarket.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2025
Turley also had a keen involvement with the Uptown community center of the Hull House association, which opened in a former supermarket at 1257 W. Wilson Ave.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
In today’s supermarkets, Giusti said, a small number of acidic foods and drinks are blue—but mostly with the help of Blue No. 1 and Blue No. 2, which are in R.F.K., Jr.,’s crosshairs.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Feel free to do the same or reach for refrigerated pizza dough at the supermarket.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2025
Turley also had a keen involvement with the Uptown community center of the Hull House association, which opened in a former supermarket at 1257 W. Wilson Ave.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
In today’s supermarkets, Giusti said, a small number of acidic foods and drinks are blue—but mostly with the help of Blue No. 1 and Blue No. 2, which are in R.F.K., Jr.,’s crosshairs.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Supermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermarket. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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supermarket
noun
su·per·mar·ket
ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət
: a self-service market selling foods and household merchandise
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