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corner stores

  • plural
    of corner store.
    corner store
    noun
    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.

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The units became part of the furniture of the nation’s snack bars, concession stands and corner stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Saavedra and his son would drive a van up and down Los Angeles, manually packing and unloading the product to local corner stores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

A self-administered injection is increasingly available in corner stores, where young women can buy one without the risk of judgmental questions from a nurse or doctor.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

Foxtrot moved to a 25,000 square feet headquarters that one former employee described to me as “the world’s stupidest office,” befitting Facebook or Google, not a few dozen corner stores that hadn’t turned a profit.

From Slate ● May 16, 2024

Light poles are like palm trees, bus stop benches like hammocks, and corner stores like island bungalows.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

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