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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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On the morning of April 19, 1995, Imad Enchassi drove to work at a shopping mall in Oklahoma City.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Set in a Dallas shopping mall, “Forbidden Fruits” revolves around an elite clique of retail employees who run a witches’ coven out of the basement of their boho boutique Free Eden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

How Taylor Swift saved a dying shopping mall.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, the shopping mall evolved from a place to buy things into a destination for all kinds of family entertainment, often boasting large food courts, multiplex theaters, indoor playgrounds, video arcades and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

But the characteristics were the same, as indistinguishable as one white suburban shopping mall from another.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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