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emporium

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


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He put his usual wares into storage and turned his store into an emporium for Halloween merchandise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

She began to lean into her carefully curated emporium as the vivacious backdrop it is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

Now it's a two-storey emporium, based on Deansgate, with a staff of more than 20 dedicated K-Pop enthusiasts.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 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

Like a super Applebee’s, the Cadillac of Applebee’s, an Americana food emporium made automatically bigger and better by being here.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2020

The rise of contemporary and then streetwear brands reshaped consumer wardrobes and shopping patterns, as elitism was trounced by accessibility, and brick-and-mortar emporia went from being magnetic landmarks to millstones weighing down the bottom line.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2019

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

Wason had emporia all over the kingdom, and in particular at Knype, Hanbridge, and Longshaw.

From The Price of Love by Arnold Bennett

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

Before the interactive, make-a-mess emporiums became a reality, Robinovitz was struggling to simply get through the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

"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

Its home-goods emporiums full of towels and kitchen aids — all available at a reduced price with that big blue coupon — were beacons that kept shoppers coming back.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

A thriving commercial center had taken root on the south side of the river, replete with stately brick hotels, sturdy limestone banks, and a wide variety of fine emporiums and reputable mercantile establishments.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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