supercenter

noun

su·​per·​cen·​ter ˈsü-pər-ˌsen-tər How to pronounce supercenter (audio)
: a very large discount department store that also sells a complete line of grocery merchandise

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Walmart has 32 supercenters, eight neighborhood markets and seven Sam’s Clubs in the Charlotte region, and over 62,000 employees in North Carolina. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025 With more than $148 billion in annual sales, Kroger is the nation's largest supermarket chain and the No. 2 grocer behind supercenter behemoth Walmart. Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024 But the legal precedent relevant to the merger defines their competitors as other supermarkets as well as supercenter operators like Walmart – and neither judge was convinced to alter that methodology. Alexander Coolidge, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024 The total employees at both companies represent one out of six of all U.S. supermarket, supercenter and warehouse club workers. Alexander Coolidge, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for supercenter

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First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of supercenter was in 1977

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“Supercenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supercenter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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