shopping mall
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shopping mall
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Singapore has charged a British man for theft more than two years after he allegedly stole a denim jacket from a store at the airport shopping mall.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Meanwhile: The fictional Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza from the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” videogames and movies is getting a real-life location at the American Dream shopping mall in East Rutherford, N.J., complete with animatronic stage shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Two workers who died in a shopping mall explosion that followed a powerful earthquake in Japan last week were asked by a boss to re-enter the building to secure cash.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
But the characteristics were the same, as indistinguishable as one white suburban shopping mall from another.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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