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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The team behind one of our Best New Restaurants of 2023 is opening an Indian Chinese restaurant in a Los Angeles strip mall, and a Cambodian pop-up with an ardent fan base will move into a brick-and-mortar space in New York’s Crown Heights. Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 28 Jan. 2025 Gomez’s painting is based on an actual mural located in Boyle Heights, but the background—a strip mall bearing a towering liquor store sign—has been added as backdrop from another location. Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025 Officers responded to a strip mall in the 600 block of W. Pioneer Parkway around 6:45 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, regarding an armed robbery in progress call. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025 How does that work for a kid who grew up surrounded by strip malls and traffic? Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 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 10 Feb. 2025.

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