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Synonyms

shopping mall

American  

noun

  1. mall.

  2. a shopping center.

shopping mall British  

noun

  1. a large enclosed shopping centre

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Etymology

Origin of shopping mall

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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On the morning of April 19, 1995, Imad Enchassi drove to work at a shopping mall in Oklahoma City.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Set in a Dallas shopping mall, “Forbidden Fruits” revolves around an elite clique of retail employees who run a witches’ coven out of the basement of their boho boutique Free Eden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

They stock up on groceries at the Carrefour supermarket in the shopping mall just upstairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

How Taylor Swift saved a dying shopping mall.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

I looked past him, along the line of his shoulder, to a vast shopping mall with a prairie-sized parking lot, and agreed.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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