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. 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 See all Example Sentences for emporium 
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The vouchers are redeemable at these shop locations: 2515 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank 91505 12120 Venice Blvd.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Residents and shop owners are only beginning to come to terms with the damage.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The giant trade show is a global bazaar where the best and worst tech products for the coming year are trotted out for the press, retailers and resellers, and other attendees.
    WIRED, WIRED, 6 Aug. 2024

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“Emporium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emporium. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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