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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Not quite a Buc-ee’s but more than most charging stations which are much simpler, typically a small bank of chargers, often located next to a mall or strip mall with shopping and restaurants. Brad Templeton, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 The main boulevards there and in Temple City are lined with strip malls featuring Asian supermarkets and Chinese regional cuisines. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024 Teen escapes 12 years after abduction; school bus driver arrested 8 killed in mass shooting at strip mall in cartel stronghold Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar dead at 44 2024 National Dog Show won by Vito the pug. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024 The back of a strip mall in that kind of late summer, early fall when everyone’s leaving back for college. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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