shopping center
noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood
called also shopping plaza
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The streets and shopping center, which includes a Fresh Grocer and McDonalds, will also be closed Thursday.
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The new stores will join over 100 others at the open-air shopping center in southwest Charlotte.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The first supermarket to open in Emeryville in more than three decades, Tokyo Central occupies an anchor spot in the Bay Street shopping center.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Psycho Bunny, 415 Nichols Road, closed March 29, according to the shopping center.
—Jenna Thompson
april 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The new stores will join over 100 others at the open-air shopping center in southwest Charlotte.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The first supermarket to open in Emeryville in more than three decades, Tokyo Central occupies an anchor spot in the Bay Street shopping center.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Psycho Bunny, 415 Nichols Road, closed March 29, according to the shopping center.
—Jenna Thompson
april 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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