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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Raab acquired it in 2021 from a descendant of Robinson, the founder of the Acme supermarket chain, who appeared to have documented some of his own roaming by affixing postage stamps from India, Lebanon, and Japan on pages Mikulec had left blank.
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Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Data protection and full disclosure assurances are needed, help for vulnerable shoppers is a moral obligation, and supermarkets and other stores that go too far will risk a serious shopper backlash.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025
These independent grocers are often the only full-service supermarket in rural and low-income areas.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
The layoffs carried a sting for those who remembered the supermarket’s longstanding mission to never lay off an employee.
—Pat Maio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
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Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Data protection and full disclosure assurances are needed, help for vulnerable shoppers is a moral obligation, and supermarkets and other stores that go too far will risk a serious shopper backlash.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025
These independent grocers are often the only full-service supermarket in rural and low-income areas.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
The layoffs carried a sting for those who remembered the supermarket’s longstanding mission to never lay off an employee.
—Pat Maio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
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“Supermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supermarket. Accessed 9 Aug. 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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