shopping mall
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shopping mall
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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How Taylor Swift saved a dying shopping mall.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Most often, those trips centred around Plaza Las Américas, a massive shopping mall where, as Martínez Ocasio once said, "you didn't even know where you were standing".
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
In the face of such alternatives, life in a shopping mall might not seem too high a price to pay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, airports had adopted a shopping mall concept that allowed visitors to dine and shop at higher-end retailers in the concourse areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
“Peter Cardinal was a blond-haired, blue-eyed guy, a tall, thin guy, a fit-looking ten-year-old,” Dr. Silverstein recalled as we drank coffee and tea at a table in the shopping mall near his house outside Washington.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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