hypermarket
noun
hy·per·mar·ket
ˈhī-pər-ˌmär-kət 
: a very large store that carries products found in a supermarket as well as merchandise commonly found in department stores
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Filmed on location in Mallorca, the six-part series follows Tom (Lasson) and Petra (Linnertorp), a successful Swedish couple who sell their hypermarket in Sweden for a tidy sum and head for a life of luxury on the Spanish island.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
What To Know The fire broke out in the commercial building in the center of Wasit Province on Wednesday, which housed a restaurant and a hypermarket and had been open for only seven days, the Interior Ministry said in a statement published on Facebook.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Countless bakeries, cafes, post offices, train stations, banks and Mom-and-Pop stores have closed as online retail, big-box hypermarkets and pressure on municipal budgets have taken a toll.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Customers shop for milk and dairy items inside an Auchan Retail International hypermarket in Moscow, Russia.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
What To Know The fire broke out in the commercial building in the center of Wasit Province on Wednesday, which housed a restaurant and a hypermarket and had been open for only seven days, the Interior Ministry said in a statement published on Facebook.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Countless bakeries, cafes, post offices, train stations, banks and Mom-and-Pop stores have closed as online retail, big-box hypermarkets and pressure on municipal budgets have taken a toll.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Customers shop for milk and dairy items inside an Auchan Retail International hypermarket in Moscow, Russia.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Hypermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermarket. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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