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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It meant no more trips to Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Arias said that Gil appeared to have miraculously escaped being crushed when the shopping centre collapsed.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Another drone crashed into an apartment building in the Moscow region district of Zhukovsky, while drone debris sparked a fire at a shopping centre near the capital's suburbs, Moscow region governor Andrey Vorobyov said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Videos posted to social media and verified by AFP on Monday showed the catastrophic collapse of a shopping centre in General Santos, and an unoccupied school building crumpling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
‘Actually, I want to go to the shopping centre first, Dad,’ she said.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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