convenience store

noun

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

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Casey’s wants to replace the existing Bucky’s convenience store and Mobil service station with a 3,200-square-foot Casey’s convenience store and gas station on the roughly three-quarter-acre site at 20 E. Ogden Ave. Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025 Perez returned shortly after a visit to a convenience store across the street. Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025 Mahdi, 42, was convicted in the 2004 killings of an off-duty police officer in Calhoun County, South Carolina, and a convenience store clerk in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025 The deal was intended to expand the reach of Krispy Kreme, which has far fewer locations than McDonald’s and relies on grocery and convenience stores for most of its sales. Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for convenience store

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of convenience store was in 1965

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“Convenience store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convenience%20store. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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convenience store

noun
: a small market that is open many hours

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