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gas station
noun
: a retail station for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil
called also service station
Examples of gas station in a Sentence
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Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Hiring bonuses for dishwashers and gas station attendants?
—Emily Peck, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
Both orders were lifted Sunday at 4:40 p.m. Officials pinpointed the source of the leak as the Sinclair gas station at 2121 E. Harbor Blvd.
—Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
There were a number of methods for doing this — blatantly filling a commercial truck at a military gas station; filling a military transport, siphoning fuel from its tank to other carriers and then adding fake kilometers to trucks to explain the difference on the accounting end.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Gas station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20station. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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gas station
noun
: a place for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil
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