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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At a strip mall in Caracas, residents line up to buy water.
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Carrie Kahn, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Once the raccoon woke up, it was released back into the area surrounding the strip mall where the liquor store is located, according to Martin.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
The new Lala’s Burgers, from the owners of the wildly popular Apocalypse BBQ, is now open in the former space of the Japanese restaurant Fujiya in a strip mall near the intersection of 88th Street and 137th Avenue.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Unveiled Thursday in a 1,088-square-foot space inside the Mollie hotel in Aspen, the debut marks the Parisian-style bistro’s first outpost beyond Los Angeles and its third location, following its 2014 launch in an unassuming Hollywood strip mall and a second in Sherman Oaks.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Carrie Kahn, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Once the raccoon woke up, it was released back into the area surrounding the strip mall where the liquor store is located, according to Martin.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
The new Lala’s Burgers, from the owners of the wildly popular Apocalypse BBQ, is now open in the former space of the Japanese restaurant Fujiya in a strip mall near the intersection of 88th Street and 137th Avenue.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Unveiled Thursday in a 1,088-square-foot space inside the Mollie hotel in Aspen, the debut marks the Parisian-style bistro’s first outpost beyond Los Angeles and its third location, following its 2014 launch in an unassuming Hollywood strip mall and a second in Sherman Oaks.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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