shopping centre
Britishnoun
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a purpose-built complex of shops, restaurants, etc, for the use of pedestrians
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the area of a town where most of the shops are situated
Example Sentences
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He was arrested on Monday alongside his 18-year-old son in a sting operation at a shopping centre in Pretoria.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Originally built in the 1950s as a luxury shopping centre, El Helicoide was never completed and was later taken over by Venezuela's feared intelligence services.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
She pointed to the largely empty shopping centre, which she said in past years would have been filled with customers immediately after the New Year period.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
In a Shanghai shopping centre, customers browsed racks of used winter coats, $2 trousers and household appliances -- pre-used items that would have been out of place in a major Chinese mall a decade ago.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
We hear they are going to turn this old market into a shopping centre now.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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