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shopping mall

American  

noun

shopping malls plural
  1. mall.

  2. a shopping center.


shopping mall British  

noun

  1. a large enclosed shopping centre

"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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Etymology

Origin of shopping mall

First recorded in 1955–60

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A major earthquake that severely damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan killed at least 13 people, officials said Wednesday, as rescuers desperately tried to reach survivors feared trapped in the wreckage.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

More than an hour after the quake, an apparent explosion rocked an Aeon shopping mall near the quake’s epicenter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

A witness reported seeing an explosion and smoke at the shopping mall after the quake.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based chain highlighted in a Transportation Security Administration World Cup travel guide, has become a particular point of curiosity, with visitors describing it as part gas station, part shopping mall and part spectacle.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Lunch hours, she often walked a ways down the road to the shopping mall.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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