convenience store

noun

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

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Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025 The shooting was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Fulton Avenue at Hurley Way after gunfire was heard outside a 7-Eleven convenience store, Sacramento County sheriff’s officials have said. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025 Surprisingly, this thoughtful approach has never extended to kratom — where high potency products are found in vape shops, convenience stores, and gas stations, most often in packaging that extolls kratom’s purported health benefits with no reference to any potential dangers. David Bregger, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2025 This distinction has led some companies to extract THC and CBD from hemp instead of cannabis, enabling them to sell direct-to-consumer online and in liquor stores, grocery stores and convenience stores. Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for convenience store

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Mar. 2025.

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convenience store

noun
: a small market that is open many hours

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