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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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"This was a deliberate act to damage the reflecting pool at the National Mall that members of the National Park Service actually have worked hard to restore."

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

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

Washington, the capital, meanwhile was forecast to see 100F temperatures from Thursday through Saturday, when it will host a fireworks display on the National Mall that organizers said would be the biggest in history.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

My neighbors here at the Big Top Mall know many tricks.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate




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