strip mall
nounDefinition of strip mall
: a long usually one-story building or group of buildings housing several adjacent retail stores or service establishments
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Meanwhile, about 40 people came out Thursday evening to a Dolton strip mall to speak out against the recent spate of violence in that city, including the fatal shooting of Akeira. — Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, "One week before starting school, life of Simeon cheerleader, 16, cut short as bullets meant for someone else pierce abdomen in Dolton," 29 Aug. 2019 Minneapolis police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three robbery suspects caught on video stealing a woman’s purse behind a strip mall. — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, "Minneapolis police seek help in identifying robbery suspects caught on video," 21 Aug. 2019 At the same time, local politician Anthony Underwood leaned on Gipson to open his establishment as a business in a Bessemer strip mall. — al, "‘We’re just getting this place back in order:’ The next chapter at Gip’s will sing the juke joint’s gospel," 13 Aug. 2019 Ceviche Project resides without much street presence in a strip mall painted a distracting shade of eggplant. — Los Angeles Times, "Silver Lake’s Ceviche Project is a restaurant made for summertime," 8 Aug. 2019 Hood said numerous children of firefighters took part in the camp, including Dakota Deem, the daughter of San Antonio firefighter Scott Deem, who died in 2017 battling a fire at a Northwest Side strip mall. — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio Fire Department hosts Hero Like Her Camp," 27 July 2019 Around every corner, in every strip mall, there’s a Five Below. — Noelle Zielinski, Cincinnati.com, "Five Below is like the super-sized dollar store you didn't know about," 17 July 2019 Authorities are trying to determine whether a business in a strip mall where an explosion and fire occurred late Wednesday in Anaheim was home to an illicit drug lab. — Hannah Fry, latimes.com, "Explosion at Anaheim strip mall may have been illicit drug lab, authorities say," 11 July 2019 One hangs above the reception area and another in a satellite building, part of a repurposed strip mall. — Jack Gillum, ProPublica, "Aggression Detectors: The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'strip mall.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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