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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The corridor has major safety issues, such as speeding and treacherous turns out of strip malls.
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Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Grand and lonely, strip malls and housing developments.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Guests line up at a strip mall in Valley Village for pizza, red-sauce pastas, garlic-knot sliders and the warm Italian American hospitality of Anna Pizza and its chef-owner, Thomas DeSantis.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Surrounded by shopping malls, big box retail, strip malls and traffic, Spruill Gallery, housed in a charming Victorian-era home, has often given emerging and area artists an opportunity to experiment and show their work in a relatively lo-fi, accessible, homey exhibition space.
—Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
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Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Grand and lonely, strip malls and housing developments.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Guests line up at a strip mall in Valley Village for pizza, red-sauce pastas, garlic-knot sliders and the warm Italian American hospitality of Anna Pizza and its chef-owner, Thomas DeSantis.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Surrounded by shopping malls, big box retail, strip malls and traffic, Spruill Gallery, housed in a charming Victorian-era home, has often given emerging and area artists an opportunity to experiment and show their work in a relatively lo-fi, accessible, homey exhibition space.
—Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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