superstore

noun

su·​per·​store ˈsü-pər-ˌstȯr How to pronounce superstore (audio)
: a very large store often offering a wide variety of merchandise for sale

Examples of superstore in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the term signals an old-fashioned virtue, and the independents versus the superstores got cast as a David-and-Goliath struggle, a version of the family-farm-versus-agribusiness rivalry that had got a lot of attention in the nineteen-eighties. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 Olive Young — a Korean health and beauty superstore akin to Sephora and owned by CJ ENM’s parent company CJ Group — had a hard to miss presence on the convention floor. Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024 Among other sectors seeing gains include home improvement (24.4 percent), grocery and superstores (22.1 percent) and discount retailers and wholesalers (13 percent). Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 July 2024 Similarly, today’s huge grocery stores and superstores likely couldn’t exist without the massive amount of inventory data that barcode systems produce. Jordan Frith, The Conversation, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for superstore 

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Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of superstore was in 1915

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“Superstore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstore. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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superstore

noun
su·​per·​store -ˌstō(ə)r How to pronounce superstore (audio)
-ˌstȯ(ə)r
: a very large store often offering a wide variety of goods for sale

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