gas station

noun

: a retail station for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil

called also service station

Examples of gas station in a Sentence

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James Schwarz was gunned down at a Miami gas station on Thanksgiving Day in 1996. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025 On July 11, 2022, the jewelry was stolen from a Brink's semi truck making a 2 a.m. pit stop at a gas station. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 19 June 2025 Investigators say the 58-year-old man followed a box truck driven by an adult Latino male, identified in court papers only as O.G., into a Sheetz gas station on the evening of Feb. 28, 2024. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025 Authorities have opened metro stations and schools as makeshift shelters from the bombardment and many shops remained closed and fuel rationing began, with long lines at gas stations. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for gas station

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gas station was in 1925

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“Gas station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20station. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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gas station

noun
: a place for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil

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