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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Both blend seamlessly among the Chopt, SoulCycle, and Starbucks in the shopping center—grab a salad, go for a spin class, sip an Americano, get an injection of botulinum toxin.
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Nov. 2025
Last year, an enormous fire destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Here is a list of Fort Worth grocery stores and shopping center hours for Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Nov. 2025
By late morning, federal agents had appeared at restaurants, shopping centers and busy roadways from Central Avenue to Pineville-Matthews Road.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Nov. 2025
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Nov. 2025
Last year, an enormous fire destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Here is a list of Fort Worth grocery stores and shopping center hours for Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Nov. 2025
By late morning, federal agents had appeared at restaurants, shopping centers and busy roadways from Central Avenue to Pineville-Matthews Road.
—Charlotte Observer, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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