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
Each year since 2015, the Prix Versailles World Jury has awarded 24 prizes across eight categories — airports, campuses, passenger stations, sports, museums, emporiums, and hotels and restaurants.
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Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026
In the time since, Gideon’s has grown from a bicycle-delivery operation to an East End Market stall to a Disney Springs emporium, where fans from around the world stand in line for sweets and coffee and limited-edition collectible merch that garners eBay bids into the hundreds.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Located across the street from the Texas Capitol, the building now functions as a visitor and information center, art gallery and artisan emporium.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Much of the record’s action happens in the high end, where bright, digital harmonics fizz and glisten, dust motes in a strip-mall crystal emporium.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026
In the time since, Gideon’s has grown from a bicycle-delivery operation to an East End Market stall to a Disney Springs emporium, where fans from around the world stand in line for sweets and coffee and limited-edition collectible merch that garners eBay bids into the hundreds.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Located across the street from the Texas Capitol, the building now functions as a visitor and information center, art gallery and artisan emporium.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Much of the record’s action happens in the high end, where bright, digital harmonics fizz and glisten, dust motes in a strip-mall crystal emporium.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emporium
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These are some of the examples of the feedback a new crop of artificial intelligence apps might give a prospective customer trying on clothing ahead of a purchase, and in the process, reduce the chances of a product being returned to a store.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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The male suspect, later identified as Floyd Summerville, 55, of Bronx, New York, exited the store.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Could proposed property tax cuts impact shops and other businesses?—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Buôn Bán, a retail and consignment shop inside the studio that features local artists and makers, will be open.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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While media buyers thought the broadcast and cable market could face an 8%-10% year-over-year decline in dollar volume, the overall drop in the 2025-26 bazaar came in at a more palatable -3%.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Textiles were everywhere at Frieze Los Angeles—spilling across walls, stitched into sculpture, and, in one case, reimagined as a vintage carpet bazaar tucked inside a standard-issue gallery booth at the Santa Monica Airport, the fair’s cavernous venue.—
Lauren Mechling,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Emporium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emporium. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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