convenience store

noun

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

Examples of convenience store in a Sentence

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The victim was walking with a friend to a convenience store on Boynton Avenue and the pair was passing Starbird Park when they were accosted by three men, according to San Jose police. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025 Cops responded to a 911 call of an assault around 12:57 p.m. inside a Za convenience store / smoke shop near Lafayette and Rosedale Aves. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025 Mikal 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. Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025 The convenience store was cited after inspectors found violations of cleaning regulations and food held outside of proper temperatures. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.

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convenience store

noun
: a small market that is open many hours

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