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

Examples of shopping center in a Sentence

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Telehealth may work at home, but perhaps not so much in a shopping center. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 The Farm House Collective, a restaurant and shopping center that opened in March. Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 The Tavares store, located in a shopping center along East Burleigh Boulevard just south of Lake Eustis, is one of nearly 800 such outlets closing across the country as part of the chain’s bankruptcy proceedings. James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025 Ahead of the sale at Guernsey’s on May 21, Battle to Survive a Broken Heart will be on public display at Brookfield Place, a shopping center in Manhattan. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shopping center

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shopping center was in 1898

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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

shopping center

noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually located in a suburban area and having a large parking lot
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