shopping center
noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood
called also shopping plaza
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Among the locations hit were residential buildings and a shopping center in the Donetsk city of Dobropillya, which was subjected to ballistic missile and drone attacks.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2025
Police in Massachusetts are investigating fires Monday at Tesla charging stations outside a shopping center in Littleton, CBS News reported, noting that police believe the fires were set intentionally.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The school underwent a lockdown Tuesday after the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old student that started at a nearby shopping center but moved onto school property.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2025
Police in Massachusetts are looking for whoever torched seven Tesla charging stations at a suburban shopping center in the Boston suburb of Littleton.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
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David Brennan, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2025
Police in Massachusetts are investigating fires Monday at Tesla charging stations outside a shopping center in Littleton, CBS News reported, noting that police believe the fires were set intentionally.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The school underwent a lockdown Tuesday after the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old student that started at a nearby shopping center but moved onto school property.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2025
Police in Massachusetts are looking for whoever torched seven Tesla charging stations at a suburban shopping center in the Boston suburb of Littleton.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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