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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Since the tornado, the entire block is being restored into a beautiful strip mall that will house the Somewhere in Time Antique Mall, Lasang Pinoy of NWA Filipino Restaurant and other businesses.
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James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That same hour, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican who could very well be the next Senate Majority Leader, cast his vote in northwest Austin, in a strip mall off MoPac.
—Asher Price, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
The event at the strip mall was led by Danielle Friel Otten, a Democratic state representative whose district includes part of Chester County.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Within a few months, the closures along the restaurant-heavy strip mall on the east end of Fairfield's Post Road cleared out three units for the owner, a Manhattan finance corporation, to refill, but the entry of two businesses this month has given the lot new signs of life.
—Jarrod Wardwell, Connecticut Post, 30 Sep. 2024
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James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That same hour, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican who could very well be the next Senate Majority Leader, cast his vote in northwest Austin, in a strip mall off MoPac.
—Asher Price, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
The event at the strip mall was led by Danielle Friel Otten, a Democratic state representative whose district includes part of Chester County.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Within a few months, the closures along the restaurant-heavy strip mall on the east end of Fairfield's Post Road cleared out three units for the owner, a Manhattan finance corporation, to refill, but the entry of two businesses this month has given the lot new signs of life.
—Jarrod Wardwell, Connecticut Post, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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