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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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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

There is a large digital news ticker tape running above the snow-covered shopping mall in the island's capital, Nuuk.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

"Those who truly need to buy these products will still buy them, because these are family planning products," Xu told AFP outside a shopping mall.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

So I visit the local shopping mall, which fortunately has its share of disease.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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