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 This wonderful stationery store started in a small space in East London’s Colombia Road and has since expanded into a Covent Garden emporium of all things paper (and pens and pencils and other accessories). Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025 The Kleenex Winnipeg’s most colorful interior is the Kleenex emporium, where dozens of boxes of Kleenex in a distinctive gold-and-blue dot pattern line the walls. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025 The 75,000-square-foot emporium, converted from a former JC Penney, is a wormhole to the food court of any baekhwajeom (department store galleria) in Seoul’s glitzy Gangnam district. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025 With its earthy textures and colors, the greenroom was less a brand emporium than an elegant lounge that communicated, on a visceral level, Rolex’s enduring values. Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emporium
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Noun
  • The home of the Double-Double, once praised by late food authority Anthony Bourdain, has continued to expand beyond its California roots in recent years, opening stores in Colorado, Texas and Idaho.
    James Powel, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • But after a quick tutorial and a trip to the hardware store, any homeowner should be able to seal with caulking.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The marketplace, which was launched to give startup brands a way to sell unique items to local stores and shops, is now being used by some of the country’s leading publishers to sell lots of books.
    Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Photo: Alfama Films No one writes dialogue like Cronenberg — perplexing alien dialogue, a sci-fi tongue of oddball terminology and metaphysical shop talk.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The bazaar offers a range of cuisine developed in collaboration with celebrity chef Fabio Viviani, with six different food concepts.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The online bazaar is made up of thousands of chat groups on Telegram.
    Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Emporium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emporium. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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