strip mall
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of strip mall
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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Others, including businesses within the same strip mall, donated portable swamp coolers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Backrooms,” the No. 1 movie in the country currently, is a horror movie that takes place in a seemingly endless liminal space that articulates itself as generic strip mall or office spaces.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
Around the crack of dawn, a line begins forming at a strip mall in Hyattsville, Maryland, as residents ranging from students to delivery workers and federal contractors wait to sign up for food assistance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
When Medallion launched in 1988 and started compounding at 66% annually, Simons didn’t celebrate by going on television, mostly because he was too busy hiring cryptographers to work in a Long Island strip mall.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025
In 1990, Gregarious Games moved into its first real office, located in a run-down strip mall in Columbus, Ohio.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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