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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Our voracious team of testers spent months eating, drinking, cooking and rating hundreds of products to find the tastiest new offerings at the supermarket.
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Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The dinner case has long been the engine of supermarket prepared foods, but McTaggart and Schober say a generational shift is underway.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
The Fantasy 5 evening draw quintet was 3, 20, 26, 35 and 36, numbers on a Quick Pick ticket bought at a Miami Fresco y Mas supermarket, 1525 Coral Way.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
In the mold of Nickel and Dimed, Cleanup on Aisle Five is an inside look at the precarious lives of the essential (with both capital and lower-case E) labor of supermarket retail.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
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Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The dinner case has long been the engine of supermarket prepared foods, but McTaggart and Schober say a generational shift is underway.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
The Fantasy 5 evening draw quintet was 3, 20, 26, 35 and 36, numbers on a Quick Pick ticket bought at a Miami Fresco y Mas supermarket, 1525 Coral Way.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
In the mold of Nickel and Dimed, Cleanup on Aisle Five is an inside look at the precarious lives of the essential (with both capital and lower-case E) labor of supermarket retail.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
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“Supermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermarket. Accessed 5 Jun. 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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