shopping plaza
Americannoun
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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