- plural of grocery.
groceries
Britishplural noun
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Shoppers began trying to determine which seemingly unrelated groceries shared a supplier; someone even made a barcode-scanning app for precisely this purpose.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
“It’s a trickle effect down. If there are no homes being built, nobody gets paid and in turn no one goes to spend money at local groceries, at mom-and-pop shops, and so forth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
And three flights of stairs with an armful of groceries is already an ordeal for humans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The latter doesn’t just compile your shopping list—it can buy the groceries for you, comparing prices at different store websites and placing a delivery order with the cheapest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Sarah was still studying Mrs. Ebeling as if the secrets of the universe, or at least of our family, could be found by determining the most effective manner of bringing groceries into the house.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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