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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Grocery stores here are few and far between and their offerings are pretty limited.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
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While fans can expect a bevy of hits and tracks from her latest album Gratitude, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee says there’s so much more in store for her fans.—
Nathan Vinson,
People.com,
25 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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From late 2016 to 2020, Weston invested 400 million Canadian dollars to renovate and expand key Holt Renfrew stores, adding dozens of designer shops and upgrading the IT, while also closing weaker locations.—
David Moin,
WWD,
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 28 Jan. 2025.
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