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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The Eaton fire began last Tuesday just over three miles north from the small strip mall PDA called home. Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 In another example, a Trulieve dispensary in Gainesville is located in the same strip mall as a Wawa convenience store. Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025 In a strip mall, between a tutoring center and an IV hydration business, Poulette is an unlikely destination for world-class French pastry. Meghan McCarron, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 The team behind one of our Best New Restaurants of 2023 is opening an Indian Chinese restaurant in a Los Angeles strip mall, and a Cambodian pop-up with an ardent fan base will move into a brick-and-mortar space in New York’s Crown Heights. Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 28 Jan. 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 21 Feb. 2025.

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