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strip mall

noun

: a long usually one-story building or group of buildings housing several adjacent retail stores or service establishments

Examples of strip mall in a Sentence

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Like Garcia, Rebollido based part of his scam out of a strip mall. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025 For 37 Thanksgivings, local restaurant owner Frank Garcia has fed thousands of families with a food drive that started in 1984 in the parking lot of the resort-area strip mall where his restaurant, La Casa Garcia, is located. Victoria Le, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025 Locally, distinctive round buildings of green glass were razed to build strip malls. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025 That was after the 2025-26 campaign got off to the worst imaginable start in early November, when the Broncos lost 79-78 at home to Hawaii Pacific, a Division II school whose basketball facility is housed in an old strip mall. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for strip mall

Word History

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 4 Dec. 2025.

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