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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The newfangled tiny church of the holy recycler that sets up shop in a strip mall in Cambridge is the same — in the eyes of the law — as the behemoth religions of Judaism, and Christianity. Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 The company also ran a private gym in a strip mall on Crandon Boulevard. Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, Edwards had already been planning to move the school into a new space: a series of storefronts in a strip mall that another charter school had previously occupied. Eli Hager, ProPublica, 31 Dec. 2024 Serious Sanji in Wauwatosa A new Chinese restaurant that's brought dumplings and dim sum to a Tosa strip mall opened strong in mid-October. Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strip mall 

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

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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 15 Jan. 2025.

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