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corner store

[kawr-ner stawr] / ˈkɔr nər ˈstɔr /
NOUN
convenience store
Synonyms
WEAK
Seven-Eleven® mom-and-pop store




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Then, on the way home, I stopped at the corner store and spent the rest of my cash on a frozen pizza.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

"In my shop everybody talks about this all the time," said Maelie Misidor, who runs a small corner store in the neighborhood.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

I’d gone from someone who wanted to stay out all night to someone who couldn’t go to the corner store.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Stambor said the decision to shut down Amazon Go locations — Amazon’s play on a corner store — as well as its Amazon Fresh grocery outlets wasn’t a surprise.

From MarketWatch Jan. 27, 2026

By the time we got there, the street was a river of people—an enormous group already!—winding back from the corner store.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds




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