service station

noun

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2
: a place at which some service is offered

Examples of service station in a Sentence

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Inflation galloped at rates up to 14%, and global gasoline shortages closed service stations and created high prices and long lines. Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024 Reasons why are all too visible throughout the region with piles of debris, power trucks from across the country and Canada, many service stations without gas and some shelves at grocery stores remaining bare. Tom Layberger, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 In 1979, the fast food giant opened its first restaurant in Strasbourg and then strategically spread to all the big cities and, later, to all shopping centers, railways, and motorway service stations to reach as many consumers as possible. Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 1 Dec. 2024 Adjacent to this was a service station on 46 acres of land. Tina A. Irvine / Made By History, TIME, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for service station 

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of service station was in 1916

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“Service station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20station. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

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