strip mall
noun
: a long usually one-story building or group of buildings housing several adjacent retail stores or service establishments
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To be clear, while vacancies are growing in strip malls, the rents are still rising.
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
The new café will be located near College Avenue and Janesville Road ― in the strip mall near Kwik Trip ― and for the first time, will include a drive-through for guests.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Mull had just walked out of a smoke shop in the strip mall and toward his green Kawasaki motorcycle, parked outside, when undercover deputies arrived to try to detain him, video from the helicopter shows.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
The store eventually took over the strip mall and later evolved into the modern, 52,000-square-foot temple of all things surfing at A1A near State Road 520.
—J.d. Gallop, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
The new café will be located near College Avenue and Janesville Road ― in the strip mall near Kwik Trip ― and for the first time, will include a drive-through for guests.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Mull had just walked out of a smoke shop in the strip mall and toward his green Kawasaki motorcycle, parked outside, when undercover deputies arrived to try to detain him, video from the helicopter shows.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
The store eventually took over the strip mall and later evolved into the modern, 52,000-square-foot temple of all things surfing at A1A near State Road 520.
—J.d. Gallop, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strip mall
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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