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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

If the crypto universe is like a shopping mall, then bitcoin has long been the anchor store that draws the most foot traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Most often, those trips centred around Plaza Las Américas, a massive shopping mall where, as Martínez Ocasio once said, "you didn't even know where you were standing".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 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

In a giant, glassed-in shopping mall, he’d bought a dove-gray cashmere sweater that he wore under his suit jacket on chilly days.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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