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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Though Hay was the local, Smith picked the meeting spot, a sports bar in a strip mall.
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
The unassuming museum opened its doors in 2022 in a small strip mall in Laguna Hills.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
On a sunny day in late March, Michael Matteo, Jr., lounged on a grassy berm beyond the right-field fence at Clover Park, a minor-league stadium set amid the sprawling strip malls of Port St. Lucie, Florida, about an hour up the interstate from the tony confines of Palm Beach.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The development on Airport Road will include a large anchor, possibly a Target, with other commercial spaces in a strip mall.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
The unassuming museum opened its doors in 2022 in a small strip mall in Laguna Hills.
—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
On a sunny day in late March, Michael Matteo, Jr., lounged on a grassy berm beyond the right-field fence at Clover Park, a minor-league stadium set amid the sprawling strip malls of Port St. Lucie, Florida, about an hour up the interstate from the tony confines of Palm Beach.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The development on Airport Road will include a large anchor, possibly a Target, with other commercial spaces in a strip mall.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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