: used or suitable for several different functions
a mixed-use building

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Examples of mixed-use neighborhood activity centers with similar zoning restrictions include Bown Crossing and Hyde Park. Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2025 The neighboring Related Bristol project approved in 2024 will soon begin replacing a 41-acre pair of shopping centers and their sea of underutilized parking spaces with one of the largest mixed-use developments in Santa Ana’s history. Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2025 Yet fans keep buying tickets to games at suburban Truist Park, which is sold out for the rest of the season, and products at The Battery, a mixed-use recreational and entertainment complex adjacent to the eight-year-old ballpark. Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Now, perhaps sadly, the site may make more financial sense as just another high-rise mixed-use project with a big-box anchor retail tenant. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mixed-use

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First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mixed-use was in 1972

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“Mixed-use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed-use. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.

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