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shopping centre

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noun

  1. a purpose-built complex of shops, restaurants, etc, for the use of pedestrians

  2. the area of a town where most of the shops are situated

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Another of the distinctive tents will set up in a car park at the Gyle Shopping centre, where an Italian company will present a circus show.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

Traders at Market Village, within the One Stop Shopping centre in Birmingham, said they were given hours to leave and were locked out on Friday.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

Shopping centre visits were down 20% week-on-week, and 25% annually, as more shoppers heeded official advice to stay at home.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020

Shopping centre owner Hammerson, which owns Birmingham's famous Bullring, has agreed a £3.4bn takeover of rival Intu.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2017

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