gas station
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gas station
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Most gas station operators net only a few cents per gallon on fuel itself – which is why many gas stations are really convenience stores with pumps out front.
From Salon • May 13, 2026
And this was Gorsuch’s problem—Maddin hadn’t refused to operate his vehicle; he had in fact operated it, driving it to the gas station to warm up.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Just then, on Facebook Marketplace, she saw that “this little gas station was for rent. And I said, ‘Oh, my God, a souvenir shop in a historic gas station on historic Route 66!’
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
For much of high school, Savannah Gannaway figured she would work after graduation at the gas station five doors down from her house in Fair Play, a town of 600 in southwest Missouri.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
That's the only thing that's kept me going from the gas station in Elkton to the train station to the hospital and into the tall city of Manhattan.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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