chain store
noun
: one of numerous usually retail stores having the same ownership and selling the same lines of goods
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E-commerce & Retail Rozana aims to help people living in remote villages, who lack easy access to supermarkets and chain stores, to purchase everyday goods like groceries, soap and household items.
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Forbes Asia Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Collins said Connecticut added provisions that required chain stores to put in reverse vending machines in more locations such as drug stores.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
Indie Store Album Sales ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain stores.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 July 2025
Check your local store Many local businesses and most national chain stores will remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Forbes Asia Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Collins said Connecticut added provisions that required chain stores to put in reverse vending machines in more locations such as drug stores.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
Indie Store Album Sales ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain stores.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 July 2025
Check your local store Many local businesses and most national chain stores will remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for chain store
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“Chain store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain%20store. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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