shopping mall
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shopping mall
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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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
Japanese officials said Saturday they had ended rescue operations at a shopping mall devastated by an explosion following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 36 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Rescue operations were under way at a shopping mall and over 200,000 people in the region were issued with evacuation orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In searing heat, rescue crews are digging through the rubble at a paper factory and a shopping mall in Kumamoto prefecture, looking for trapped survivors.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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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