as in store
an establishment where goods are sold to consumers
an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want
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Recent Examples of emporium
In addition to the museums, this year’s awards recognized projects across seven other categories: airports, campuses, passenger stations, sports, emporiums, hotels, and restaurants.
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024
See the antique orange lumbar pillow from beloved New Orleans pillow and textile emporium B. Viz.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
The unit, located on Corso Como 11, opposite the famed 10 Corso Como retail emporium, covers 753 square feet and displays the new offer, which encompasses activewear, loungewear and knitwear, in addition to the core swimwear and lingerie categories.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
Six buses were arrayed outside that legendary Upper West Side emporium, a culinary temple to smoked fish and secular, progressive Judaism.
—Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024
See the antique orange lumbar pillow from beloved New Orleans pillow and textile emporium B. Viz.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
The unit, located on Corso Como 11, opposite the famed 10 Corso Como retail emporium, covers 753 square feet and displays the new offer, which encompasses activewear, loungewear and knitwear, in addition to the core swimwear and lingerie categories.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
Six buses were arrayed outside that legendary Upper West Side emporium, a culinary temple to smoked fish and secular, progressive Judaism.
—Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emporium
Noun
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Walmart says anyone who purchased the product at stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, or Texas should throw the carton of broth out.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2025
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Word arrived that the local hardware store, a 90-year-old business in an even older building, was gone.—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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For a growing segment of wine lovers today, the allure of wine isn’t the exclusivity or specificity outlined by traditional hierarchies or classifications, explains Oscar Salinas, co-owner of Los Naturales, a natural wine bar and bottle shop in Chicago.—
Anna Lee C. Iijima,
Bon Appétit,
22 Jan. 2025
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Hours after attending President Trump’s inauguration, Harris and former second gentleman Doug Emhoff landed at Burbank Airport and headed to a former auto repair shop in Altadena.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Tower Records: a gleaming consumerist bazaar of genres and styles.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
10 Dec. 2024
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Augustine had grown up in the religious bazaar of late antiquity, where traditional Roman religion, Christianity, and various gnostic and philosophic sects had adherents.—
Mark Lilla,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Oct. 2024
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“Emporium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emporium. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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