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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Alternatively, guests can take the Blue Line directly to the shopping center.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
At Hawthorn Center, the Sears store, which once anchored the east side of the sprawling shopping center at Routes 21 and 60, has been repurposed into a mix of upscale housing and storefronts.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
The new store is in Wynnewood Village, a shopping center at the northwest corner of Illinois Avenue and Zang Boulevard.
—Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
The vehicle left the scene, but police say officers in a helicopter tracked it down and followed it to a shopping center parking lot.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
At Hawthorn Center, the Sears store, which once anchored the east side of the sprawling shopping center at Routes 21 and 60, has been repurposed into a mix of upscale housing and storefronts.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
The new store is in Wynnewood Village, a shopping center at the northwest corner of Illinois Avenue and Zang Boulevard.
—Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
The vehicle left the scene, but police say officers in a helicopter tracked it down and followed it to a shopping center parking lot.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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