grocery store

noun

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

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Denise would send her to the grocery store, and Djena, who couldn’t read, learned to shop by the look of things—the symbol on a label, the color of a package. Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 The same applies to the Kayla Harrison fight Rousey teased in her viral grocery store rant earlier this spring — that one was always more storyline than serious booking, but a retirement announcement closes the door entirely. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Busby kidnapped Crane from the parking lot of a Tom Thumb grocery store in Fort Worth. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026 Although considered one of the premium brands at the grocery store, Häagen-Dazs came off as pretty average to most of our editors, which took everyone by surprise. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for grocery store

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