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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Seven stores in a strip mall in Maine Township, Illinois, had their windows smashed in apparent overnight burglaries.
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CBS News, 14 May 2026
This month, Blanck began a three-year lease on the roughly 1,200-square-foot new space about a mile from his old dojo, in an unscathed strip mall in the Highlands neighborhood that includes an Italian restaurant, a wine shop and a Starbucks.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
How will fans feel if their traditional tailgating lot is replaced by something that feels like a sterile strip mall with a Shake Shack and yet another cellphone shop?
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The restaurant occupied the end of a Broadway Avenue strip mall near Front Street before moving south to its recently shuttered Boise spot.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
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CBS News, 14 May 2026
This month, Blanck began a three-year lease on the roughly 1,200-square-foot new space about a mile from his old dojo, in an unscathed strip mall in the Highlands neighborhood that includes an Italian restaurant, a wine shop and a Starbucks.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
How will fans feel if their traditional tailgating lot is replaced by something that feels like a sterile strip mall with a Shake Shack and yet another cellphone shop?
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The restaurant occupied the end of a Broadway Avenue strip mall near Front Street before moving south to its recently shuttered Boise spot.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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