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mall

[mawl, mal] / mɔl, mæl /
NOUN
commercial complex with many individual retail stores
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NOUN
shopping center
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Over the past decade, I’ve fallen victim to the online shopping epidemic, meaning I haven’t stepped foot inside a mall and enjoyed an Auntie Anne’s pretzel in years.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

At another wholesale mall, iridescent streamers and gold mirror balls hung from the ceiling of Wen Linpeng's shop selling colourful soap bars, perfumes and make-up products.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The old dream was flashy and easy to understand: turn a tropical island into the world’s biggest duty-free mall.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Videos of runway shows put on by the art-fashion collective Women’s History Museum reveal a series of unique venues—an abandoned Wall Street bank, an East Village church, a dying shopping mall in Chinatown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Nathan forced himself to remember how his father used to hold his hand as they walked through the Fashion Square mall.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young