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Definition of supermarket
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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Recent Examples of supermarket from the Web
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Its 2015 annual report, for example, trumpeted the financing of a big supermarket in Côte d’Ivoire as typical of its contribution to African development.
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Most of the barley found in supermarkets is pearl barley, according to the Whole Grains Council.
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But the Enquirer anecdote begged the question, why and how would the President of the United States use a supermarket tabloid to apparently attempt to blackmail two morning show hosts?
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The store is part of a five-acre development that was approved in 2014 across the street from Mariano's supermarket.
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Scott Streett, center, the owner of Harvest Fare supermarket in Fallston, received a check for a rebate of more than $110,000 from BGE last Thursday because of his store's energy-saving measures.
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Central Grocers owns Strack and Van Til supermarkets and had a distribution network of about 400 stores, Hogg said.
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CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A judge on Monday agreed there was enough proof to continue holding three Mississippi teens in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy, who authorities say was abducted in a car stolen from a supermarket parking lot.
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Milo's Tea began appearing in plastic jugs on supermarket shelves in 1989.
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First Known Use of supermarket
1931
SUPERMARKET Defined for English Language Learners
supermarket
playDefinition of supermarket for English Language Learners
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: a store where customers can buy a variety of foods and usually household items
SUPERMARKET Defined for Kids
supermarket
playDefinition of supermarket for Students
: a store selling foods and household items
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