shopping mall
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shopping mall
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Two workers who died in a shopping mall explosion that followed a powerful earthquake in Japan last week were asked by a boss to re-enter the building to secure cash.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Search teams are still looking for survivors in the partially collapsed Aeon shopping mall, which the operator told AFP had exploded after staff and customers had already evacuated.
From BBC ● 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
Nearby, employees of the Union shopping mall practised using fire extinguishers to put out flames within a controlled pit, under the guidance of firefighters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Brian had been in the shopping mall with his mother when a man in front of Paisley’s store had suffered a heart attack.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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