convenience store

noun

|Updated on: 8 Jun 2018

Definition of convenience store

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

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Recent Examples of convenience store from the Web

Jae Hye-Rim, 20, was smoking outside a convenience store in Seoul when the news broke late Thursday local time.

— alana abramson, Time, "President Trump Cancels Nuclear Summit With North Korean Leader," 24 May 2018
The Washington Post reports that the encounter occurred early Wednesday morning last week at a convenience store in Havre, Mont., near the Canadian border.

— breanna edwards, The Root, "Watch: Montana Border Patrol Agent Admits to Detaining 2 US Citizens at Gas Station Because They Were Speaking Spanish," 21 May 2018
The incident occurred early Wednesday morning at a convenience store in Havre, Montana, a town in the northern part of the state, near the border with Canada.

— amy b wang, chicagotribune.com, "Border Patrol agent detained two U.S. citizens at Montana gas station after hearing them speak Spanish," 20 May 2018
According to the Texas Lottery Commission a winning Texas Lotto ticket was sold at a convenience store in northeast Houston on Wednesday night.

— craig hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, "Check your ticket. Someone in Houston won $20 million in Texas Lotto," 17 May 2018
Law enforcement officials say 27-year-old Dusty Leo and 34-year-old Maurice Diggins insulted the victim with a racial epithet before attacking him outside a convenience store in Biddeford.

— Fox News, "Prosecutor: 2 white men beat, chase black man with truck," 16 May 2018
Charlie Lagarde bought the winning lottery ticket along with a bottle of sparkling wine at a convenience store in a suburb of Montreal on March 14, according to Loto Quebec.

— ashley may, USA TODAY, "Teen wins lottery jackpot on her first try. Now, that's a happy 18th birthday," 29 Mar. 2018
Amazon uses similar technology in a convenience store in Seattle.

— The Economist, "Here to helpCustomer service could start living up to its name," 28 Mar. 2018
Packets are purchased online and at some convenience stores, even though synthetic marijuana is banned in Florida.

— wendy stephen, ph.d., miamiherald, "Talk with your teens about the risks of synthetic drugs | Miami Herald," 8 May 2018

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