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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Vito’s sits in a strip mall in Towson, Maryland, the hometown of Mangione, who’d been arrested weeks earlier in connection with the early-morning murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street. Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025 Davis was hiding in a dumpster near the site of the shooting, an alley outside a strip mall on Stella Link Road in Houston, law enforcement said at a press conference Wednesday evening. Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 On March 5, deputies had fired upon a fleeing 18-year-old armed suspect, striking him twice at a south Sacramento strip mall. Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 31 Dec. 2024 When fire closed Willi B’s Saloon last July in a west Boise strip mall, its customers sprang to action. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 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 18 Mar. 2025.

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