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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Meanwhile: The fictional Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza from the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” videogames and movies is getting a real-life location at the American Dream shopping mall in East Rutherford, N.J., complete with animatronic stage shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Hundreds of rescue workers were meanwhile battling for another day to reach possible survivors in the remains of the Aeon shopping mall in Kashima in the Kumamoto region of southwestern Japan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Three of them are from the Aeon shopping mall in Kumamoto city, where dozens are still believed to be trapped.
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
I found myself staring at every McDonalds, every kid in the back of his parents’ car, every billboard and shopping mall.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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