grocery store

noun

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

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Jonathan Berry, a longtime Chicago director and former artistic producer at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will take the helm at Raven Theatre, a 43-year-old off-Loop Chicago theater that operates a busy, two-stage complex in an Edgewater building that once housed a grocery store. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026 The knowledge somebody uses in a grocery store, dealing with the prices of things and their budget, that is also mathematical. John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 The Polsat guy parks his car in front of a grocery store. Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Prices for grocery store staples are going up, job opportunities are decreasing and once-stable careers are shrinking. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 24 Mar. 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 29 Mar. 2026.

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