convenience store

noun

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

Examples of convenience store in a Sentence

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Unlike other convenience stores such as 7-Eleven and Casey's, Wawa is scaling organically without mergers and acquisitions. Natalie Rice, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025 The Free Press and others revealed Board of Commissioners Chairman Dave Woodward also serves as a private consultant for Sheetz, a gas station and convenience store empire looking to expand in the region. Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025 Despite their small footprint, convenience stores are everywhere. April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025 The company also announced that mini singles of classic and some seasonal flavors, like Coca‑Cola Original, Coca‑Cola Zero Sugar, Coca‑Cola Cherry, Sprite, Fanta Orange, and Sprite Winter Spiced Cranberry, will be available in convenience stores nationwide starting January 1. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for convenience store

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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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 24 Oct. 2025.

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convenience store

noun
: a small market that is open many hours

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