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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With Memorial Day weekend just ahead and barbecues firing up across town, one thing’s clear: not all grocery carts are created equal.
—Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2025
These tariffs hit the products that fill grocery carts and medicine cabinets across America.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Gigantic and often bland, the squash filled our grocery carts and vexed our dull knives for too many years.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
But the item with the largest monthly price jump in consumers' grocery carts, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index?
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
The levies are likely to hit several staples in shoppers’ grocery carts, an NBC News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data found, from berries to avocados to potatoes.
—Jiachuan Wu, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2025
The first post featured her youngest son, Beau, 7, pushing a grocery cart filled with two Thanksgiving pies and a bottle of wine.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
The item with the largest monthly price jump in consumers' grocery carts?
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Imagine twisting to grab something from your car’s back seat or reaching into your grocery cart to place items on the checkout conveyor belt — both movements require core mobility.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2025
These tariffs hit the products that fill grocery carts and medicine cabinets across America.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Gigantic and often bland, the squash filled our grocery carts and vexed our dull knives for too many years.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
But the item with the largest monthly price jump in consumers' grocery carts, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index?
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
The levies are likely to hit several staples in shoppers’ grocery carts, an NBC News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data found, from berries to avocados to potatoes.
—Jiachuan Wu, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2025
The first post featured her youngest son, Beau, 7, pushing a grocery cart filled with two Thanksgiving pies and a bottle of wine.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
The item with the largest monthly price jump in consumers' grocery carts?
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Imagine twisting to grab something from your car’s back seat or reaching into your grocery cart to place items on the checkout conveyor belt — both movements require core mobility.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Grocery cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20cart. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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