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shopping plaza

American  

noun

  1. a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.


Etymology

Origin of shopping plaza

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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“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

The Santa Monica Museum of Art eventually left the center, but the shopping plaza is still thriving.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Bernstein mourned the fate of the Palisades’ Business Block, a Spanish Colonial Revival shopping plaza from 1924.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

Which only added to the occasional allure of the shopping plaza.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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