shopping center
noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood
called also shopping plaza
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And you may not even be allowed to open carry while walking through a Publix shopping center or parking lot if it’s owned by a different company.
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Recently Tokyo Central opened in Irvine, just steps from a Mitsuwa in the Heritage Plaza shopping center.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
This time, the landmark Meridian shopping center on Eagle Road will offer the runway.
—Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
One person died and two others were hospitalized Thursday after a car was involved in a single-vehicle crash and overturned in the middle of a Sacramento shopping center.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Recently Tokyo Central opened in Irvine, just steps from a Mitsuwa in the Heritage Plaza shopping center.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
This time, the landmark Meridian shopping center on Eagle Road will offer the runway.
—Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
One person died and two others were hospitalized Thursday after a car was involved in a single-vehicle crash and overturned in the middle of a Sacramento shopping center.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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