shopping mall

noun

Examples of shopping mall in a Sentence

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Starbucks made its foray into China in 1999, as shopping malls in tier 1 cities started offering rental concessions to capitalize on higher foot traffic driven by the company's stores, according to industry reports . Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 July 2025 Plus, the location couldn't be better—right next to a high-end shopping mall. John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025 All undeveloped land translates as opportunity, and one man who was building a business out of that proposition in 1967 was Ernest (Ernst) W. Hahn, a developer who’d just opened his first shopping mall in Santa Barbara. Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 Iran also struck near civilian sites in Haifa, injuring more than a dozen people and sending residents running for cover in a shopping mall, CNN reported. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 June 2025 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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“Shopping mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20mall. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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shopping mall

noun
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