mall
noun
, especially British and for sense 1 ˈmal\
Definition of mall
2 [ The Mall, promenade in London, originally a pall-mall alley ]
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Caruso successfully bucked the national death-of-the-shopping-mall narrative and at the same time redefined the concept. — Candace Jackson, Town & Country, "The Rosewood Miramar Beach Is Montecito's Newest Luxury Hotel—and Private Club For Those Who Want the Real Perks," 27 Apr. 2019 There's no way Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu drink shopping-mall smoothies. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu Started Filming Their Movie Hustlers, and the Pics Are Already a Hit," 28 Mar. 2019 Many of the malls Sears occupies are in healthy shopping destinations. — Anne D'innocenzio, The Seattle Times, "Sears’ bankruptcy will have ripple effect, not all of it bad," 16 Oct. 2018 The building was eventually demolished in the early 1990s to make way for The Shops at Church Square strip-mall. — cleveland.com, "Meghan Markle's surprising Cleveland connection: The Royal Wedding," 8 May 2018 But what if the Starcourt Mall isn't really a mall at all? — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "7 Stranger Things Season 3 Fan Theories That Will Turn Your Mind Upside Down," 22 Mar. 2019 And less than two weeks after Roberson’s death, police in Alabama fatally shot Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., a black gun owner trying to flee a mall shooting. — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "A black security guard caught a shooting suspect — only to be shot by police minutes later," 23 Jan. 2019 Police are charging him for appearing to use his toddler to steal toys and prizes out of a claw machine out at a New Hampshire mall. — Fox News, "Democrats threaten to investigate Kavanaugh after midterms," 21 Sep. 2018 The Truth About Christmas, which stars Kali Hawk and Damon Dayoub, follows Jillian, a political consultant and PR guru who can't stop telling the truth after a run-in with a mall Santa. — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, "Freeform Just Expanded Their 2018 '25 Days of Christmas' Lineup With 3 New Movies," 23 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mall.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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