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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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The upscale outdoor mall survived the Palisades fire, but needed refurbishment to eliminate any potential contaminants from the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Kate King covers retail and hotel real estate for The Wall Street Journal, writing frequently about the evolution of in-person and online shopping, the changing mall landscape and issues affecting lodging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Tyler Perry Studios boasts a replica of the White House, an airport terminal, two baseball fields, a strip mall, a residential neighborhood, and a golf course.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Locals in Bangkok have transformed a flooded street in front of a shopping mall into a temporary floating market during flooding in the city.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

I jumped up to run downstairs and ask her to take me to the mall with her, since I was going to need new clothes to impress Tina.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

College-age affiliate marketers may be shifting toward Amazon and ShopMy, and away from Shein and malls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"I'm super-obsessed with ube," university student Kym Trivino told AFP as she sipped an ube-matcha concoction at one of Manila's largest shopping malls.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

So, in the age of online shopping, what lies ahead for these medium-sized malls?

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

They’ve popped up in barns and on farms, in strip malls between an antique shop and an ax-throwing business and in churches, where lighting and sound for worship services is part of the curriculum.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Indoor shopping centers with one or more anchor stores were known as shopping malls, or malls.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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