gas station
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gas station
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based chain highlighted in a Transportation Security Administration World Cup travel guide, has become a particular point of curiosity, with visitors describing it as part gas station, part shopping mall and part spectacle.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026
But he learned how to make pizza, and how much customers loved gobbling it up, while working at different gas station mini-marts around rural Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
The very concept of ordering tapas at a gas station might raise eyebrows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Nardi has picked up capybaras from a supermarket warehouse, a shopping-mall parking lot, and a gas station on a busy avenue.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Like air freshener at a gas station bathroom.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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