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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Meanwhile, despite its unique riverfront, the heart of West Sacramento is akin to the sprawling commercial district of a suburb, packed with fast-food places, wide roadways and a successive run of strip malls.
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
In the Boston area, converting just 10% of strip malls would be enough to absorb all the population growth in the region for the next decade, according to a 2021 study from Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
In the Boston area, converting just 10% of strip malls would be enough to absorb all the population growth in the region for the next decade, according to a 2021 study from Massachusetts’ Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for strip mall
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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