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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The first bags of the reserve rice have now gone on sale in supermarkets.
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
The resolution of worker strikes by hospital and supermarket employees was also set to lift total payrolls by about 15,000, according to Morgan Stanley and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead, the discount supermarket sold a dozen extra large white eggs for $6.97.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Peru’s richest person, Eduardo Hochschild ($2.4 billion), returns to the list this year thanks to the rising share price of his mining company, while Albania has its first-ever billionaire: Samir Mane ($1.4 billion), who created the country’s largest supermarket and retail electronics chains.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
The resolution of worker strikes by hospital and supermarket employees was also set to lift total payrolls by about 15,000, according to Morgan Stanley and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead, the discount supermarket sold a dozen extra large white eggs for $6.97.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Peru’s richest person, Eduardo Hochschild ($2.4 billion), returns to the list this year thanks to the rising share price of his mining company, while Albania has its first-ever billionaire: Samir Mane ($1.4 billion), who created the country’s largest supermarket and retail electronics chains.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Supermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermarket. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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