shopping mall

noun

: mall sense 3

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Kansas City is asking a judge to put control of a vacant former shopping mall that the city calls a nuisance into new hands. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 This year’s grantees range, which each receive $150,000 for a total of $750,000 for the cohort from an urban park to a shopping mall. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026 Head to the library, shopping mall or other space with clean, cool air. — Devi Shastri, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 People accused teens of taking over parking lots, shopping malls, and movie theaters, the Charlotte Observer reported in January 1995. — Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for shopping mall

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shopping mall was in 1950

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