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sprawlmart (uncountable)

1. (urban studies, derogatory) Suburban sprawl driven by the proliferation of malls and big-box stores, and the resulting weakening of downtowns and Main Streets.
   • 1997, Fred R. David, Cases in Strategic Management:

     Environmentalists in Vermont say the rural character of the state is endangered by "sprawl-mart development."

   • 1998, Roberta Brandes Gratz, Norman Mintz, Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 158:

     Sprawlmart resisters are the true advocates of change - appropriate, beneficial, and enduring.

   • 2024 October 29, Jim O'Donnell, Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River, Torrey House Press, →ISBN:

     Crossing under South 8th Street was like an epiphany: from a mess of obnoxious sprawlmart to a greening bliss in just a few steps.