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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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Long a mall fixture whose fragrant storefronts often attracted teens, Bath & Body Works now operates about 60% of its 1,923 U.S. and Canadian stores in off-mall locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“Backrooms,” the No. 1 movie in the country currently, is a horror movie that takes place in a seemingly endless liminal space that articulates itself as generic strip mall or office spaces.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

One of them, a 69-year-old retired pharmaceutical microbiologist from Maryland named Robert Gerber, told me he once sold Florsheims at a suburban mall while attending college at Drexel University.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

In town, a few residents wandered through a mostly empty shopping mall, while members of the security forces ate ice lollies at an observation point under the blazing sun.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Kyle’s mom got home from the mall and showed us her haircut.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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