strip mall
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of strip mall
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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In 1978, at age 40, Simons founded Renaissance Technologies in a strip mall on Long Island.
From MarketWatch
In the style of traditional family photos, Gyopo’s board of directors and community members gathered one recent weekend morning in the parking lot of their historic Koreatown strip mall headquarters.
From Los Angeles Times
“As a food server, there’s always going to be slowdowns and takeoffs,” he said over lunch at a dim sum restaurant in a Las Vegas strip mall.
From Los Angeles Times
Migrants reportedly have been detained at Chicago-area construction sites, near a university building, along strip malls and outside schools.
From Barron's
On a recent Sunday morning, in the weedy parking lot of a strip mall in Wayne, N.J.,
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