strip mall
noun
: a long usually one-story building or group of buildings housing several adjacent retail stores or service establishments
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Also in the strip mall, next to the police headquarters, is the Mission Branch of the city library. 
Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 East Hartford this year designated the strip mall as the priority target for cleanup to enable a wide-ranging revitalization of the Silver Lane corridor. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2022 After starting his business as a pop-up out of his apartment, chef-owner Benjamin Osher moved into a former kosher bakery in the same strip mall as Cambridge Farms supermarket. Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Much of the worst damage occurred near the strip mall anchored by the Jewel store in the 2800 block of West 95th Street, where photos posted online show toppled trees and the sign for Naperville Shopping Plaza knocked over. Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2022 Located in a former Menchie’s on a prime corner of the strip mall at 4748 Ridge Road, the roughly 1,400-square-foot Firehouse Subs boasts 20 seats with 15 employees. John Benson, cleveland, 4 July 2022 McKinney said Holder used Bryannita Nicholson to drive him to the strip mall where the killing occurred. Jonathan Landrum Jr., USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 The city of Phoenix's Neighborhood Services Department issued a notice of violation against an owner and a tenant of the strip mall where a mass shooting left a 14-year-old girl dead and eight others injured. Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2022 Footage from the scene overnight showed a large police presence outside the strip mall and at a gas station across the street. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 May 2022 See More
Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 East Hartford this year designated the strip mall as the priority target for cleanup to enable a wide-ranging revitalization of the Silver Lane corridor. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2022 After starting his business as a pop-up out of his apartment, chef-owner Benjamin Osher moved into a former kosher bakery in the same strip mall as Cambridge Farms supermarket. Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Much of the worst damage occurred near the strip mall anchored by the Jewel store in the 2800 block of West 95th Street, where photos posted online show toppled trees and the sign for Naperville Shopping Plaza knocked over. Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2022 Located in a former Menchie’s on a prime corner of the strip mall at 4748 Ridge Road, the roughly 1,400-square-foot Firehouse Subs boasts 20 seats with 15 employees. John Benson, cleveland, 4 July 2022 McKinney said Holder used Bryannita Nicholson to drive him to the strip mall where the killing occurred. Jonathan Landrum Jr., USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 The city of Phoenix's Neighborhood Services Department issued a notice of violation against an owner and a tenant of the strip mall where a mass shooting left a 14-year-old girl dead and eight others injured. Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2022 Footage from the scene overnight showed a large police presence outside the strip mall and at a gas station across the street. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1977, in the meaning defined above