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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This mattered little though at the non-descript hall tucked away in a deserted shopping center in Suhl.
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
As police were searching the area, one officer found a man behind the shopping center who pulled out a gun and opened fire at the officer.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
The 13-year-old walked less than a mile to a bus stop, planning to head to the Sunshine Plaza shopping center to shop for Christmas gifts and get a haircut, according to a report on the case from the Coroners Court of Queensland obtained by PEOPLE.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
He was found hiding near a dumpster in the parking lot of a nearby shopping center, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
As police were searching the area, one officer found a man behind the shopping center who pulled out a gun and opened fire at the officer.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
The 13-year-old walked less than a mile to a bus stop, planning to head to the Sunshine Plaza shopping center to shop for Christmas gifts and get a haircut, according to a report on the case from the Coroners Court of Queensland obtained by PEOPLE.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
He was found hiding near a dumpster in the parking lot of a nearby shopping center, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shopping center
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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