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Synonyms

shopping mall

American  

noun

  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

Etymology

Origin of shopping mall

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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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

In the face of such alternatives, life in a shopping mall might not seem too high a price to pay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Ahead of the bomb’s removal, the site, which is near a residential area and a shopping mall, underwent detailed reconnaissance "to ensure safe conditions," police said.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

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

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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