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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The winning ticket, sold at a Mobil gas station in Panama City Beach, matched all six numbers. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025 Brown pleaded guilty to the felony charge after stabbing a gas station clerk and a casino patron during a 2020 robbery in downtown Reno, Nevada, KOTO-TV reported. Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025 The Board of Alders also passed an ordinance instituting fines for gas stations that allow ATV and dirt bike riders to fill up at their stations. Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025 About 30 minutes after the shooting, Jones was arrested at a gas station near his home in the Swope Park Campus neighborhood of Kansas City, according to court documents. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gas station

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gas station was in 1925

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“Gas station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20station. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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gas station

noun
: a place for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil

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