convenience store

Example Sentences

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In July 2018, 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton took his young son into a Clearwater, Florida, convenience store to purchase snacks.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

He is known as the "father of the convenience store" in Japan.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

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

In the shopping precinct, the glass door of the convenience store is shattered.

From BBC • May 20, 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