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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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I once worked opposite a site where a shopping centre was being built.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

A new community supermarket offering access to affordable and healthy food has opened in a Kent shopping centre.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Robert Keane is a local property developer who in 2023 bought the Trinity shopping centre, once home to Debenhams.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Pastry chef Daniel Duckett closed his east Belfast patisserie in the last year, but has now re-opened in partnership with Knott's bakery chain in Forestside shopping centre.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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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