supermarket
noun
su·per·mar·ket
ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət 
often attributive
1
: a self-service retail market selling especially foods and household merchandise
2
: something resembling a supermarket especially in the variety or volume of its goods or services
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The drivers with the supermarkets made out really well.
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
His solution lay in James Hanson, a striker who had been plucked from non-League — and, as City fans used to love singing, his day job as a shelf-stacker at the Co-op supermarket — by then-manager Stuart McCall six and a half years earlier.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Larger, more modern supermarkets rise in their places.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
These products were sold at Kroger supermarkets nationwide.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
His solution lay in James Hanson, a striker who had been plucked from non-League — and, as City fans used to love singing, his day job as a shelf-stacker at the Co-op supermarket — by then-manager Stuart McCall six and a half years earlier.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Larger, more modern supermarkets rise in their places.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
These products were sold at Kroger supermarkets nationwide.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for supermarket
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“Supermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermarket. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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supermarket
noun
su·per·mar·ket
ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət
: a self-service market selling foods and household merchandise
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