Definition of mallnext
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 One salesman paid an American woman working at another store in the mall $10,000 to marry him. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 What to do nearby A stone’s throw away is the Water Street Market, a complex of shops that includes an antiques mall, the Grazery café, and a neighborhood tavern called Parish. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026 Witnesses told South Korean media that the attacker appeared to have knives tied to both hands and stabbed people in different parts of the mall while moving up and down the floors on an escalator. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Police said a man hit a woman with a bag before pushing her into the koi pond on the north end of the mall. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mall
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Noun
  • For Sacher and other business operators, there’s been concern that services, upkeep and maintenance in the promenade and downtown area have been ignored.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Nor'easter damages towns at Jersey Shore New Jersey State Police emergency management officials used a drone Monday to survey the damage along the promenade.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The storm battered the coast over the weekend with wind, rain and unusually large waves, which tore apart a historic boardwalk and smashed into coastal homes.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The king tides came knocking Then, in August, came the first big king tide that sent punishing waves slamming into houses along the boardwalk.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • At Iguazu Falls, the waterfalls on Argentina’s border with Brazil, park authorities have closed the walkway to the Devil’s Throat, the largest and most dramatic of the cascades, because of the high Iguazú River.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Damage to a walkway or handrail, by comparison, might remain unchanged until someone repairs it.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Mall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mall. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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