: a self-service retail market selling especially foods and household merchandise
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: something resembling a supermarket especially in the variety or volume of its goods or services
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAn employee who was killed in a shooting at a Safeway supermarket in Bend, Oregon, attacked the gunman in the produce section and tried to disarm him, likely preventing more deaths, authorities said Monday. Gillian Flaccus, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 The action follows a series of mass shootings across the country in recent weeks, including mass shootings at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York; an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas; and a Fourth of July parade in Highland, Park, Illinois. Merdie Nzanga, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 There was the racist attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in mid-May, followed soon after by the massacre of elementary school students and teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Dakin Andone, CNN, 18 July 2022 The gunman accused of targeting and murdering 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, was indicted by a grand jury on a slew of federal hate crime and firearm charges on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced. Paul Best, Fox News, 14 July 2022 The news of Abe’s killing came after a spate of mass shootings in the United States at a supermarket, an elementary school and a Fourth of July parade. James Bikales, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 Gordon helped organize an anti-gun violence arts event in town last month following the mass shootings at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and a school in Uvalde, Texas. Kathleen Foody, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2022 Upstate in Buffalo, a racist gunman last month killed 10 Black people in a mass shooting at a supermarket. Keshia Clukey, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 The Supreme Court ruling came as New York was contending with a sharp rise in gun violence during the pandemic, punctuated this year by mass shootings on the subway in Brooklyn, at a supermarket in Buffalo, and near the Harlem River waterfront.BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 See More
➡ see also grocery storeADJECTIVE | SUPERMARKET + NOUNADJECTIVE➤leading, major, top (all especially BrE) 主要超市;頭號超市▸➤high-street, local, neighborhood (NAmE) 商業街的/本地的/居民區的超市➤out-of-town (BrE) 市郊的超市SUPERMARKET + NOUN➤chain, giant, group (BrE) 連鎖超市;大型超市;超市集團▸➤development (BrE) 超市的發展▸➤aisle, checkout, queue, shelf, trolley (BrE) 超市通道/付款台/排隊長龍/貨架/購物手推車◇An increasing amount of organic produce is to be found on supermarket shelves.越來越多的有機農產品將會出現在超市的貨架上。➤car park, parking lot (NAmE) 超市停車場▸➤brand超市品牌▸➤assistant, clerk, manager超市售貨員/店員/經理➤tabloid (NAmE) 超市小報