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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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She said she was born in Silver Spring, Md., and she grew up watching July 4 fireworks on the Mall with her parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

Dubai Mall, one of the largest in the world, was crowded with shoppers on a recent weekend, exhorted by optimistic and patriotic signs suggesting the war was nothing but a bad memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

"We're good with the heat, but the humidity is a different beast," he said as he wheeled his rental bicycle along a section of the National Mall crowded with tourists.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

It runs from 25 June to 10 July across the National Mall from the US Capitol to the Washington Monument.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

At the Big Top Mall, a creaky-music carousel spins all day, and monkeys and parrots live amid the merchants.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate




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