shopping plaza
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping plaza
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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The address then shifted to a box in a suburban Atlanta shopping plaza, but other customers’ mail was returned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I wouldn’t call it historic,” he said on a recent Sunday, while parked at a Baltimore shopping plaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
As he approached Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center, which is located in a shopping plaza, he noticed two unfamiliar cars out front.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2025
Vilano was reportedly captured in a shopping plaza in the city of Monterrey, after information about his whereabouts was leaked to officials.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
The four of us took the Buick south on the expressway, following the road out of Chicago, exiting about forty minutes later near a sterile-looking shopping plaza.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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