grocery store

noun

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

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Purchase inexpensive flowers from the grocery store, farmers market, big-box store, or florist, or clip blooms from your own garden. Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026 There was a little box of sushi from an Asian grocery store—Holzinger has no special diet—and a very large binder. Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 To save for the expense, Elyse picked up a second job working evenings as a grocery store cashier. Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026 Taylor Farms bagged salad mixes for sale at a grocery store in Hercules, California, US, on Friday, July 17, 2026. Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 18 July 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 21 Jul. 2026.

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