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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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Arias said that Gil appeared to have miraculously escaped being crushed when the shopping centre collapsed.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Another drone crashed into an apartment building in the Moscow region district of Zhukovsky, while drone debris sparked a fire at a shopping centre near the capital's suburbs, Moscow region governor Andrey Vorobyov said.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Videos posted to social media and verified by AFP on Monday showed the catastrophic collapse of a shopping centre in General Santos, and an unoccupied school building crumpling.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Officials dressed in hazmat suits were seen bringing people out of the shopping centre.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

This week they ’re making a roof for a cafe in a shopping centre in Birmingham.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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