supermarket
noun
su·per·mar·ket
ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət 
often attributive
1
: a self-service retail market selling especially foods and household merchandise
2
: something resembling a supermarket especially in the variety or volume of its goods or services
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Watch a massive elephant wander into a supermarket looking for food and get stuck on the hunt.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 June 2025
The fatal incident happened just before 6 p.m. outside a Bel Air supermarket in the 7400 block of Rush River Drive, said Sacramento Police Department officials.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
The shelves at the largest local supermarket still boast produce, but its doors and windows are boarded up.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025
Boulder itself had barely healed from a shooting rampage four years earlier in which a gunman killed 10 people at a King Soopers supermarket in March 2021.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 June 2025
The fatal incident happened just before 6 p.m. outside a Bel Air supermarket in the 7400 block of Rush River Drive, said Sacramento Police Department officials.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
The shelves at the largest local supermarket still boast produce, but its doors and windows are boarded up.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025
Boulder itself had barely healed from a shooting rampage four years earlier in which a gunman killed 10 people at a King Soopers supermarket in March 2021.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
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“Supermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermarket. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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supermarket
noun
su·per·mar·ket
ˈsü-pər-ˌmär-kət
: a self-service market selling foods and household merchandise
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