mall

as in promenade
a public place for strolling the pedestrian traffic through the grassy mall is heaviest during the summer lunch hours the tree-lined mall in the city's historic district remains the favored site for strutting about in one's Easter finery

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Recent Examples of mall The one-day only event will take place at American Dream, a massive entertainment and retail center in East Rutherford, N.J., in a nod to their early days of mall performances. Rachel Desantis, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025 The fire department received a report at 11:33 a.m. about a possible gas explosion on the 12th floor of the mall and dispatched 136 personnel, the department said in a statement. Jenny Gross, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025 The mall, completed in 2016, was developed by Japanese property company Tokyu Land and sold to Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Panasonic Finance in 2023 for an undisclosed amount. Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2025 Originally Published: February 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM EST Most Popular Most Popular Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ordered to repay $2M business loan Maryland malls are evolving. Carson Swick, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mall
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Noun
  • Montevideo, Uruguay: The nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla — One of the longest sidewalks in the world — serves as an outdoor living room for locals.
    Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Near the center of town, in the old harbor area, a deserted promenade ran between frosty vistas and imposing museums and cultural buildings.
    Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This park offers plenty opportunities for no-swim manatee sightings, from the boardwalk over Pepper Creek to an underwater observation bubble.
    Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Take a stroll along the Granite Park boardwalk after your meal.
    Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Entertainment and Amenities Sliding doors reveal a lower deck wrapped in plush cream sofas—perfect for catching a Croatian sea breeze with a late-night brandy snifter or a fresh morning latte—and a walkway circling to a watersports platform.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The elliptical walkway in the current design, which harks back to the onePulse approach, may be its most lasting impact.
    Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mall. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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