foot traffic

noun

: people walking : pedestrian activity
an area that gets a lot of foot traffic

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Even as stores reopened, foot traffic at Dubai Mall on Monday skewed heavily toward browsing — tourists, largely, with nowhere else to go — while Mall of the Emirates saw more transactional activity. Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 3 Mar. 2026 The shooting sent crowds fleeing from one of Austin’s most popular nightlife areas, located near the University of Texas campus and known for heavy weekend foot traffic. Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2026 Summer entertaining and recreation can further stress young lawns, but can be avoided by limiting foot traffic on establishing lawns. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026 But as foot traffic dwindled over the past five years, so have margins and revenue. Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foot traffic

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“Foot traffic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20traffic. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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