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shopping centre

British  

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The hives are positioned on the roof of the shopping centre, in the shadow of the famous St Johns Beacon.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Aberdonians had long deserted the High Street for a shopping centre, which opened in 2009 next to the railway station.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Burnham also went to a Kyiv shopping centre that was destroyed by a Russian attack in May, mingling with locals and having selfies taken with them.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

A video, external of the incident shows the elderly man patting the child on the head as he walked past her table at a food court in a shopping centre.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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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