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shopping precinct

British  

noun

  1. a pedestrian area containing shops, restaurants, etc, forming a single architectural unit and usually providing car-parking facilities

"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

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In the shopping precinct, the glass door of the convenience store is shattered.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

On Kingstanding Circle almost every unit in the local shopping precinct is now boarded up and Farmfoods is moving out later this year.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2022

In Johannesburg, thousands more have turned out to enjoy the light displays that have filled the upmarket Melrose Arch shopping precinct with flashing reindeer, glittering giant teddy bears and glowing Christmas trees.

From Reuters ● Dec. 24, 2021

Begin with a coffee and homemade pastry at Brother Hubbard, a bright and welcoming cafe on Capel Street then stroll down Henry Street, the north side’s main shopping precinct.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2014

Property giant Land Securities was behind the £225m redevelopment of Exeter's Princesshay shopping precinct as well as the multimillion-pound refurbishment of the building John Lewis now occupies.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2012

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