shopping mall
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping mall
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Investigators went to a local high school, where one of the teens was a student, as well as a shopping mall where the car had been tracked.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The 24,000-square-foot building was erected in 1965 by shopping mall pioneer and developer Ernest Hahn to serve as his corporate headquarters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Growing up, it was a must-have treat after long trips with my mom to the local shopping mall.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
Videos of runway shows put on by the art-fashion collective Women’s History Museum reveal a series of unique venues—an abandoned Wall Street bank, an East Village church, a dying shopping mall in Chinatown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 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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