service station

noun

1
2
: a place at which some service is offered

Examples of service station in a Sentence

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Last week the Finnish service station chain Teboil, also owned by Lukoil, was running out of fuel as sanctions against the parent company prevented it from doing business. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025 The lucky ticket was sold at a MAPCO service station in Waynesville, which is about a 30-mile drive west from Asheville. Don Sweeney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025 Exxon was the first American company to sue Cuban state companies, Cimex and Unión Cuba-Petróleo in 2019, for the exploitation of service stations confiscated by the Cuban government. Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025 But the Natchez Trace also offers a primo opportunity to pedal through that same gorgeous landscape, and the Parkway operates bicycle-only campgrounds and bicycle service stations throughout its corridor. Graham Averill, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for service station

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of service station was in 1916

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“Service station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20station. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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