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corner store

American  
[kawr-ner stawr] / ˈkɔr nər ˈstɔr /

noun

  1. a small grocery or convenience store that stocks snacks, food staples, household and sanitary items, tobacco products, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, and sometimes deli items, prepared foods, or a limited selection of fresh produce.

Etymology

Origin of corner store

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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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

It’ll be available online and in the local corner store that first started the “Keep IV Waste” sign petition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

A first-generation daughter of immigrant parents from El Salvador, neighbours recognised her as a girl who would visit the corner store almost daily to buy candy and soda, according to the Los Angeles Times.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

She credits what her father jokes is “an overactive sense of justice” to her grandparents, who ran a corner store in Santa Ana in the 1940s.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

She took me to the corner store to show me the way.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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