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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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Other businesses have been reopening outside the mall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Meanwhile: The fictional Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza from the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” videogames and movies is getting a real-life location at the American Dream shopping mall in East Rutherford, N.J., complete with animatronic stage shows.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

This car, like the three vehicles connected with Abadigga's disappearance at the mall, was registered to PCT, they add.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

One problem was that the location is not exactly remote; the torn-down mall once served families who live in an apartment complex right next door, with a school, a hospital, and a childcare center nearby.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Elizabeth didn’t stand up for me at the mall.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“The younger generation goes to malls that have a ton of ‘street food’… The plus is that there is air conditioning.”

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

On Instagram, some videos depict people getting approached in malls and grocery stores and on college campuses and sidewalks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

People flocked to air-conditioned shopping malls or cafes to escape the blistering temperatures, an AFP reporter saw.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Lehigh Acres has no downtown or central shopping district, just a smattering of strip malls dominated by dollar stores and mom-and-pop shops.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

This is where the townspeople shopped before they started building malls.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg




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