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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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He credits his mom with seeding his interest in investing: She helped him buy $300 in Apple shares when he was in middle school, working at the lingerie store that she owned in a mall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 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

There are a lot of other things happening on the mall and around Washington to beautify the capital before July 4.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

"For a lot of people born in the 1990s and 2000s... this mall is a stranger."

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

As we drive farther from the highway, a strip mall comes into view, and a faded red-and-white sign greets us with block letters.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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