grocery cart
noun
US
: a shopping cart used at a grocery store
His idea of a good time is to stalk the cereal aisle or the produce section and count the number of men (not very many) who check the price of an item before tossing it into the grocery cart.—
Patricia T. O'Conner
Patricia T. O'ConnerExamples of grocery cart in a Sentence
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If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, adding some flaxseed to your grocery cart could be helpful.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2025
At the same time, the ravines have become junkyards, where home appliances, grocery carts, bald tires, grass clippings and autumn leaves have been dumped.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
One customer is seen slamming a grocery cart toward him outside the store.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Stock image/file photo: A person pushing a grocery cart through a store.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
In fact, your grocery cart is likely to be more fat than fit.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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World Harvest Charities and Family Services’ Cart With a Heart program is providing families who are sheltering in place with grocery carts full of fresh produce, protein, pantry supplies and more.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
But don’t head to the store or fill your online grocery cart quite yet.
—Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
In the cinematic video, Carpenter is hitchhiking across a desert landscape in everything from pickup trucks to station wagons to a grocery cart sidecar beside a motorcycle, all the while accompanied by himbos washing themselves with gasoline or trying to smoke a firecracker like a cigarette.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
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Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2025
At the same time, the ravines have become junkyards, where home appliances, grocery carts, bald tires, grass clippings and autumn leaves have been dumped.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
One customer is seen slamming a grocery cart toward him outside the store.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Stock image/file photo: A person pushing a grocery cart through a store.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
In fact, your grocery cart is likely to be more fat than fit.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
For assistance, send the group a direct message on Instagram.
World Harvest Charities and Family Services’ Cart With a Heart program is providing families who are sheltering in place with grocery carts full of fresh produce, protein, pantry supplies and more.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
But don’t head to the store or fill your online grocery cart quite yet.
—Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
In the cinematic video, Carpenter is hitchhiking across a desert landscape in everything from pickup trucks to station wagons to a grocery cart sidecar beside a motorcycle, all the while accompanied by himbos washing themselves with gasoline or trying to smoke a firecracker like a cigarette.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
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“Grocery cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20cart. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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