shopping precinct

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noun

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

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Words nearby shopping precinct

shopping center, shopping centre, shopping list, shopping mall, shopping plaza, shopping precinct, shop right, shopsoiled, shop steward, shoptalk, shopwalker

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How to use shopping precinct in a sentence

Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir.
From Playboy Prince to Dirty Old Man?|Tom Sykes|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Buses filled with cops from the 84th Precinct, where Liu had worked.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In an effort to gain early attention, he focused his attention on the Iowa precinct caucuses, which had never mattered much.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Bratton now announced that he was appointing Ramos an honorary chaplain at the 84th Precinct where he was assigned.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Do the necessary shopping for your friend, and relieve her of as much family care as you can.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
Politeness is very essential to the right transaction of that great business of woman's life, shopping.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
Now to live in this sacred precinct, as every one in Radnor knows, gives an immediate claim to distinction.
Those Dale Girls|Frank Weston Carruth
The French women now appear in simple attire and are limiting their shopping to the few things they need.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
If I were a woman and wanted to win a man, I should make him take me shopping when he needed new towels!
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton