shopping mall

noun

Examples of shopping mall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The speech was also broadcast live on advertising screens on shopping malls across the nation, as well as in movie theaters. Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024 The latest acquisition includes the 40-story Ayala Triangle Gardens Tower 2, home to the headquarters of ALI’s parent company, Ayala Corp, along with the nearby 348-room Holiday Inn and Suites Makati and the Greenbelt 3 and 5 shopping malls. Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 Roop's phone pinged at a shopping mall around 2 miles south of his apartment at 4:26 p.m., just over half an hour before he was scheduled to begin the exam at his parent's home in Abingdon, about 100 miles west of the mall. USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024 Wong's Wok had as many as 12 locations, both in shopping malls and free-standing. Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2024 Six people were wounded inside Kansas City’s Crown Center in a shooting that drew a major police response and shut down the shopping mall on Wednesday evening. Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024 Last year, one of New Jersey's biggest shopping malls began requiring shoppers under the age of 18 to be accompanied by an adult on weekend nights amid an increase in disruptive behavior. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2024 Envision the two of them having a wonderful time at a shopping mall when one of them inadvertently sees something that leads them to utter the word oyster. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 By her own account on social media pages, she is involved in sales of everything from new condos to shopping malls. Steve Almasy, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shopping mall was in 1950

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“Shopping mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20mall. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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shopping mall

noun
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