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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For The Times) Advertisement My favorite juice bar in the city, a tiny shop called Kathy’s Kitchen in a Crenshaw strip mall, was meant to be included on our list of places to drink. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 Dollar Tree sells a lot of seasonal and discretionary items, such as party supplies and toys, at stores in suburban strip malls. Melissa Repko, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024 The company originally operated out of a strip mall and used an early computer that could measure a golf swing. Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024 Some of the collections are quite niche, such as the Museum of the Republic of Vietnam, located on the second floor of a strip mall in Westminster, or the Bhagavad-Gita Museum in Culver City, or even the Hathaway Ranch & Oil Museum in Santa Fe Springs. Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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