grocery store

noun

chiefly US
: a store that sells food and household supplies : supermarket

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People are also skipping trips to the grocery store or drug store, which can have a trickle-down impact on health, Muthyala said. Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026 The city as a whole, like many urban food deserts around the country, has seen an exodus of grocery store chains over the last 50 years. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026 Her husband, Dominique Pelicot, now 73, had been arrested for filming up women's skirts at a grocery store. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026 These are far from the worst in the genre, but even the good attempts sound like off-brand grocery store cereals. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grocery store

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“Grocery store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20store. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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