shopping mall

noun

Examples of shopping mall in a Sentence

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This four-star hotel is across the street from The Star, the Cowboys NFL team practice facility, and across the tollway from Legacy West shopping mall at 3220 Internet Blvd. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2026 Originally constructed to be a shopping mall, the imposing structure now serves as the headquarters of Venezuela’s intelligence services and a notorious prison. Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026 Originally designed as a shopping mall in the 1950s, the structure was later taken over by Venezuelan authorities and turned into a detention center, especially under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, who used it to hold political prisoners and dissidents. Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026 The list of exhibitors at the event, organized by the Rural Society of Paraná, include the local John Deere dealership, EMBRAPA Soy, local radio stations and an agricultural shopping mall called Javet, among many other brands. Carolina Abbott Galvão, The Dial, 6 Jan. 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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“Shopping mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20mall. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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shopping mall

noun
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