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
Over the past few decades, American food reporters and bloggers have often written about the French frozen-food emporium Picard with an air of scandal.
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Meghan McCarron, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
This imposing emporium displays everything from lavish sequined satchels to exquisite fine jewelry to, of course, fashions, including those heart-throb coats.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
At a suburban gaming emporium, staff are closing up for the night.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Arriving by bike at whichever retail mecca, like the Garden State Plaza or Willowbrook Mall, my friends and I would roam the grounds, popping into a Spencer Gifts to ogle the latest novelty items or checking out the make-your-own-T-shirt emporium.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Meghan McCarron, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
This imposing emporium displays everything from lavish sequined satchels to exquisite fine jewelry to, of course, fashions, including those heart-throb coats.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
At a suburban gaming emporium, staff are closing up for the night.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Arriving by bike at whichever retail mecca, like the Garden State Plaza or Willowbrook Mall, my friends and I would roam the grounds, popping into a Spencer Gifts to ogle the latest novelty items or checking out the make-your-own-T-shirt emporium.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emporium
Noun
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Trump’s tariffs are an attack on the globalization that’s remade the world’s economy, which helped bring down prices for products on the shelves of U.S. stores but also caused production jobs to leave for other countries.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Like Wells, many business owners are thinking of pulling back: perhaps shrink the store's selection so there's less to ship, freeze hiring, pause advertising or developing new products — stop growing and go into survival mode.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While the shop mostly serves the actors in theatrical productions, the shop also provides rentals for a variety of occasions, including theme parties, Halloween, and special events.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Sacramento doughnut shop received a red placard and temporarily closed its doors after inspectors discovered that a toilet was inoperable.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Begin Ramadan celebrations early at the pre-Ramadan bazaar at ISGH Masjid Hamza.—
Shafaq Patel,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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Nestled under the smoking San Gabriel Mountains, the venue’s parking lot was transformed into a kind of relief bazaar.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Emporium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emporium. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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