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emporium

[em-pawr-ee-uhm, -pohr-] / ɛmˈpɔr i əm, -ˈpoʊr- /


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He added that it will remain in the emporium until the end of September so the public can see it.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

“For whatever is grown and made among each people cannot fail to be here at all times and in abundance,” he wrote, “so that the city appears a kind of common emporium of the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2025

Have you ever wanted to put a little action on a game of skee-ball at an iconic arcade emporium with locations all over the country?

From Slate May 1, 2024

Deshawn J. Snelson named his high-end sportswear emporium Hype Kingdom for a special reason.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2024

The designer jeans emporium, the Venetian paper knickknack shop, the stocking boutique with its kicking neon leg.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

As the name suggests, Center Market was the most centrally located of the capital’s various food emporia.

From Washington Post Jul. 18, 2020

Avila Retail has nearly two dozen specialty stores based in airports, including its Earth Spirit folk-art emporia and the awkwardly named Indigenous, which peddles Native American crafts at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2017

After cruising the shops and antiques emporia of Bethnal Green, we queue at the bagel shop in Brick Lane and buy five dozen for the freezer.

From Newsweek Apr. 12, 2015

His own emporia faded or failed, but Roberts, who has died aged 70, never lost faith in his medium, and in retirement painted scenes of Kings Road boutiques in the 60s.

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2012

Its belly lies no longer in the multifarious emporia along the High Street, but in the earth-reddened, half-in visible tents that bashfully mark the commissariat stores.

From From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War by G. W. (George Warrington) Steevens

Once a fringe fixture of comic-book stores and hobby emporiums, a trading-card game has become a powerhouse in the toy industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

"People are hunting out bargains whether they're found in the sales aisles being well stocked by department stores, or in charity shops or other second-hand emporiums."

From BBC Mar. 24, 2023

Today, there are eight used-book emporiums in the Catskills town of fewer than 500 residents.

From Washington Post Dec. 19, 2022

Aksel goes on to rhapsodize about the record, comic-book and video emporiums he used to frequent.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2022

Perry was well acquainted with the workings of such emporiums, having often patronized them, and happily, since usually he found it “so relaxing” to sit quietly and watch clothes get clean.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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