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convenience

[kuhn-veen-yuhns] / kənˈvin jəns /


NOUN
useful thing
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I’d simply like us to question whether requiring a phone is always an improvement, and remember that convenience isn’t much of a convenience when opting out stops being possible.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The group is also grappling with pressure from activist investors demanding focus on its flagship convenience retail business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Even though I can go to Boots even in my area....Superdrug is like closest to me. So, I'll prefer the convenience," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Plastic, prefabrication and push-button convenience suggested that mass production could bring elegant, futuristic living — and freedom from drudgery — within reach of the masses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Outside, I am within a few yards of a liquor store, a bar that advertises “free beer tomorrow,” a convenience store, and a Burger King—but no supermarket or, alas, Laundromat.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

The movie projects contempt for the dense from its first frame, sharing a montage of recent pop culture as a stentorian narrator worries that modern conveniences have perverted the concept of survival of the fittest.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

“Who doesn’t want to move to a beautiful, wild area and have all the conveniences of the city? But it really strains the wildland-urban interface.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Critics have argued that this growing array of services contributes to rising college costs and an emphasis on comforts and conveniences rather than educational value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He might also prefer a suburban lifestyle full of conveniences to a rural one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

The buildings were constructed specifically for the games, with modern conveniences and accessible facilities for the Paralympic athletes who would be competing as well.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad


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