grocery store

noun

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

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Market Basket, the popular grocery store chain embroiled in a family feud, has named a new interim CEO. Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025 That’s what reportedly motivated a white man to kill 10 African Americans at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022. Jonathan Zimmerman, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025 Don’t opt for the hotel’s subpar lunch catering or a tray of wraps from a grocery store. Chintan Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Brown's former master distiller left his job at a grocery store and returned to bourbon making for a few months each year during the final chapter of Prohibition. Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025 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 17 Sep. 2025.

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