supermarket
noun
a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
supermarkets
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pluralof supermarket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Up until now, only supermarkets were known to have been impacted by the hacks.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The freezer attacks followed a similar incident in mid-October, when a hack disrupted the refrigeration systems of some 700 French supermarkets, prompting a probe by France’s cyber authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
It was early Monday when freezers in supermarkets across Europe began to go haywire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Giuseppe Spadaro, director of a group that manages the Coop supermarkets in Sicily, said four of the company's 300 stores were hit.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Standing in our giant supermarkets, we feel more lost than someone standing in a forest ten thousand years ago.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
