convenience store

Example Sentences

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A Japanese convenience store, known as a “combini,” might include rice balls, stationery and clean pairs of socks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

TOKYO—Toshifumi Suzuki was a midlevel executive at a Japanese retailer when it opened the first 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Kaziha, the third victim, helped maintain the mosque's grounds and convenience store, the Cair spokeswoman said.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The Iowa-based convenience store chain will replace medical technology company Hologic in the S&P 500 before trading opens on Thursday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

We were in a tree house somewhere on the outer rim of a small city that had long been closed down like a forgotten convenience store.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline