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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Fort Worth police responded to a strip mall at 2321 Miller Ave. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025 Shigeki Matsuzawa, who opened his first Boise restaurant 33 years ago, will close his final one this month — in Meridian. Located in a strip mall at 520 S. Meridian Road, Shige Sushi Express will shutter June 27. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 16 June 2025 Security footage captured inside a strip mall showed three male suspects casing a Simi Valley jewelry store days before it was burglarized last month for more than $3 million in jewelry and other valuables. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025 The commercial strip mall, located in the 8300 block of E. Bannister, broke out in flames during the evening hours of June 1, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins, spokesman for the Kansas City Fire Department. Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for strip mall

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First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of strip mall was in 1977

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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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