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convenience store

noun

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

Examples of convenience store in a Sentence

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Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores. Jay Cannon, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025 Manila, Philippines — An hour north of the city, where urban sprawl gives way to hills, a boy in a Batman shirt waits by the front of his family’s small convenience store. Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025 In flashback, Jack (Milo Ventimiglia), Rebecca (Mandy Moore), and the Big 3 get stranded on the way to Rebecca's mom's house and begin a tradition of their own, one that involves a killer hat and convenience store hot dogs. Allison Sadlier, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Nov. 2025 Randolph was arrested shortly afterward at a Jacksonville grocery store while trying to borrow money and also cash in lottery tickets stolen from the convenience store, according to deputies. David Fischer The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025 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 27 Nov. 2025.

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convenience store

noun
: a small market that is open many hours

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