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grocery

[groh-suh-ree, groh-shree] / ˈgroʊ sə ri, ˈgroʊ ʃri /
NOUN
store that sells food and other commodities
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Have you walked into a grocery store and checked out the price of beef recently?

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Should one person go grocery shopping for the whole weekend and we just pay them back?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

On Tuesday morning, rescuers at the ruins of what had been a neighbourhood grocery, resumed efforts to recover two store employees who were inside when the building crumpled.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

When people hear the word ceviche, they often picture a pristine fillet of fish and a corresponding dent in their grocery budget.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

It wasn’t supposed to snow, but I had a feeling that if I checked the grocery store, all the milk and bread would be gone.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows



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