grocery store

noun

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

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The proposal is to convert a Safeway grocery store along the 1600 block of South El Camino Real into a nearly 400-unit housing complex. Sooji Nam, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026 Some of the healthiest foods nutritionists recommend are also among the most affordable, and most of us are walking right past them at the grocery store. Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026 But does every member of your family need to be inside the grocery store? Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026 Prosperity in Pedra Branca drew Selma Soares, 46, who moved from Maranhao to Amapa in 2008 and opened a grocery store. Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grocery store

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