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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Drone attacks caused fires at a shopping center and an industrial facility on the outskirts of the capital, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported on Telegram.
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ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
For 15 years Los Laureles practiced at MACLA before moving into its own studio in a shopping center in South San Jose in 2023.
—Iris Sanchez, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Its varied menu stems from Garcia’s years at such establishments as Epic Chophouse in downtown Mooresville and the original Mickey & Mooch, which closed at the end of 2019 after two decades in Northcross shopping center in Huntersville.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
In a second phase, twin towers linked by a dramatic skywalk will rise on a parcel formerly occupied by a strip shopping center.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
For 15 years Los Laureles practiced at MACLA before moving into its own studio in a shopping center in South San Jose in 2023.
—Iris Sanchez, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Its varied menu stems from Garcia’s years at such establishments as Epic Chophouse in downtown Mooresville and the original Mickey & Mooch, which closed at the end of 2019 after two decades in Northcross shopping center in Huntersville.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
In a second phase, twin towers linked by a dramatic skywalk will rise on a parcel formerly occupied by a strip shopping center.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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