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also emporia
as in stores
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 emporiums
In addition to airports, Prix Versailles also recognized projects across several other categories, including campuses, passenger stations, sports venues, museums, emporiums, hotels and restaurants.
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Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Boomers and Gen Xers appreciate the wide variety in multibrand emporiums (46 percent); younger generations, not so much (27 percent).
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
By the nineteen-nineties, Uniclo had expanded to more than a hundred locations, many of them barnlike roadside emporiums where customers could pull in and grab a pack of underwear.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Boomers and Gen Xers appreciate the wide variety in multibrand emporiums (46 percent); younger generations, not so much (27 percent).
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
By the nineteen-nineties, Uniclo had expanded to more than a hundred locations, many of them barnlike roadside emporiums where customers could pull in and grab a pack of underwear.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emporiums
Noun
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Discount home stores and flea markets are great places for finding these items on the tiniest of budgets.—
Nomita Vaish-Taylor,
The Spruce,
4 Feb. 2026
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Here's the latest on the closures, including which stores are holding closing sales.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Little Caesars is a national chain of pizza shops with locations in all 50 states.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2026
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The proposal for 1000 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield is the latest in a string of plans to convert the sprawling, 100,000-square-foot building for a use that reflects the town’s vision for creating more storefronts, restaurants and shops along a major thoroughfare in town.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The demonstrations, which seem to have partially subsided in recent days, began in the bazaars of Tehran on 28 December, fuelled by anger over Iran’s collapsing currency, and spread across the country.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
17 Jan. 2026
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Economic protests that began in Tehran’s bazaars suddenly transformed into what may turn out to be the greatest threat facing the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Emporiums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emporiums. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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