strip mall
noun
: a long usually one-story building or group of buildings housing several adjacent retail stores or service establishments
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Brothers Eddie and Edwin Truong, first generation Vietnamese Americans, recently opened Teriyaki Madness in a Sunnyvale strip mall anchored by an REI, Safeway and 24-hour Fitness gym.
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Laura Ness, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Fire officials received reports of an explosion at the strip mall in Florida City at 8:51 a.m.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 May 2025
Madison was one of several people who called 911 to report the shooting in the parking lot of a strip mall along 70th Street, across the street from the Galleria shopping mall, around 9 p.m. Dec. 2, 2023.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Though Hay was the local, Smith picked the meeting spot, a sports bar in a strip mall.
—Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
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Laura Ness, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Fire officials received reports of an explosion at the strip mall in Florida City at 8:51 a.m.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 May 2025
Madison was one of several people who called 911 to report the shooting in the parking lot of a strip mall along 70th Street, across the street from the Galleria shopping mall, around 9 p.m. Dec. 2, 2023.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Though Hay was the local, Smith picked the meeting spot, a sports bar in a strip mall.
—Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
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“Strip mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20mall. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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