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liquor store

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noun

  1. See package store

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After a liquor store moved out of its Whitemarsh Shopping Center in the Philadelphia suburbs, Brixmor subdivided the 10,200-square-foot space into four smaller shops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

After all, this is an institution that began life in a loft above a liquor store, something that might be remembered with defiant pride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Officials say the little Kung Fu trash panda was living his best life when he was detained in the liquor store and kept his spirits up even after being placed in the county kennel.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The second-biggest Powerball win ever was produced by a liquor store in the Frazier Park community of Kern County in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

I ran into the avenue where in the light of a flaming liquor store I saw three old women scurrying toward me with raised skirts loaded with canned goods.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison