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
Examples of shopping center in a Sentence
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The bustling shopping center houses more than 30 diverse businesses.
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Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The footage, reported by Australia's 9News and The Sydney Morning Herald, appears to show a man armed with a knife walking up an escalator at the shopping center.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb confirmed at a news conference that four women and one man were killed in the shopping center, and subsequently another woman died at a hospital.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
Duties include patrolling residential neighborhoods, shopping centers and schools and doing traffic control, home vacation and elderly welfare checks, citizen assists and working at public events requiring traffic and pedestrian management.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
San Jose shopping center 20 years ago with a bar that had the latest last call at 1:30 a.m., will close April 20.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
How to find the cheapest fuel Mesa Pickleball complex among new businesses coming to metro Phoenix shopping centers Help for struggling Arizona renters is out there.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024
The new shopping center brought with it the specialty grocer Sprouts and fitness chain EoS Fitness into Brevard County.
—Michelle Prado, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Dolphin Mall was deemed clear of a security threat that briefly prompted a manhunt, evacuations and panic inside one of Miami-Dade County’s largest shopping centers following reports of an active shooter Sunday afternoon.
—Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The footage, reported by Australia's 9News and The Sydney Morning Herald, appears to show a man armed with a knife walking up an escalator at the shopping center.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb confirmed at a news conference that four women and one man were killed in the shopping center, and subsequently another woman died at a hospital.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
Duties include patrolling residential neighborhoods, shopping centers and schools and doing traffic control, home vacation and elderly welfare checks, citizen assists and working at public events requiring traffic and pedestrian management.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
San Jose shopping center 20 years ago with a bar that had the latest last call at 1:30 a.m., will close April 20.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
How to find the cheapest fuel Mesa Pickleball complex among new businesses coming to metro Phoenix shopping centers Help for struggling Arizona renters is out there.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024
The new shopping center brought with it the specialty grocer Sprouts and fitness chain EoS Fitness into Brevard County.
—Michelle Prado, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Dolphin Mall was deemed clear of a security threat that briefly prompted a manhunt, evacuations and panic inside one of Miami-Dade County’s largest shopping centers following reports of an active shooter Sunday afternoon.
—Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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