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  • noun A big-box store, especially one that is even larger than normal

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Examples

  • The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands of congregants, are pressuring the city council to grant approval for a Wal-Mart "supercenter" - a store with a full grocery that also sells general merchandise-on the city's South Side.

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2010

  • The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands of congregants, are pressuring the city council to grant approval for a Wal-Mart "supercenter" - a store with a full grocery that also sells general merchandise-on the city's South Side.

    CARPE DIEM Mark J. Perry 2010

  • A supercenter is a big-box retailer with more than 90,000 square feet and more than 10 percent of floor space dedicated to nontaxable items, such as groceries and prescription drugs.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • He was also "instrumental in the creation of Sam's Club" in 1983, and later as the company's president and ceo, "Glass pioneered development of the first supercenter, which is now the company's dominant retail format."

    unknown title 2009

  • The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands of congregants, are pressuring the city council to grant approval for a Wal-Mart "supercenter" — a store with a full grocery that also sells general merchandise — on the city's South Side.

    Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart's Allure Timothy W. Martin 2010

  • The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands of congregants, are pressuring the city council to grant approval for a Wal-Mart "supercenter" — a store with a full grocery that also sells general merchandise — on the city's South Side.

    Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart's Allure Timothy W. Martin 2010

  • The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands of congregants, are pressuring the city council to grant approval for a Wal-Mart "supercenter" — a store with a full grocery that also sells general merchandise — on the city's South Side.

    Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart's Allure Timothy W. Martin 2010

  • I also found some at Kmart and one of the grocery "supercenter" chains around here.

    Dayquil -- Not Cutting It 2006

  • "What we are is a 'supercenter' with one-stop shopping," said Wal-Mart's Vice Chairman John Menzer at an investors 'conference last month.

    Wal-Mart Era Wanes 2007

  • Hmmm, it looks like the realization that there is "a high cost for the low prices" at Wal-Mart is growing: in today's Los Angeles Times comes word that Wal-Mart has given up on its plans for opening a 150,000 square foot "supercenter" at the corner of Nordhoff and Tampa in Northridge.

    Wal-Mart Loses Another Location Battle Ron Buckmire 2006

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