shopping center
noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood
called also shopping plaza
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That would include shopping centers, apartment buildings and condominiums.
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David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Soon, Kenworth will build on an array of parking lots that once surrounded the shopping center — buildings that earlier this year were creatively destroyed.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
At noon, someone entered Cere Tea in the Westgate Corner shopping center on Prospect Road and stole an employee’s shoulder bag containing personal effects and keys to the business for a loss valued at approximately $195.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Even when mathematically adjusting for those extra weekend crowds, indoor malls and open-air shopping centers held firmly onto their gains.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
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David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Soon, Kenworth will build on an array of parking lots that once surrounded the shopping center — buildings that earlier this year were creatively destroyed.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
At noon, someone entered Cere Tea in the Westgate Corner shopping center on Prospect Road and stole an employee’s shoulder bag containing personal effects and keys to the business for a loss valued at approximately $195.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Even when mathematically adjusting for those extra weekend crowds, indoor malls and open-air shopping centers held firmly onto their gains.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for shopping center
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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