emporium
noun
em·po·ri·um
im-ˈpȯr-ē-əm 
em-
plural emporiums also emporia
im-ˈpȯr-ē-ə
em-
1
a
: a place of trade
especially
: a commercial center
b
: a retail outlet
a hardware emporium
a pizza emporium
2
: a store carrying many different kinds of merchandise
Examples of emporium in a Sentence
an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want
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Rei Kawakubo and Adrian Joffe, who broke the mold with their Dover Street Market emporiums mixing various Comme des Garçons brands with the crème de la crème of luxury and streetwear, are disrupting retail again with a newfangled take on private-label merchandise.
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
After several years in the decade area, Fitzgerald moved his emporium to Speedway’s Main Street last month.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 21 May 2025
Bruton High Street in Somerset is not the most obvious place to find an emporium of cutting-edge design.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Flashback: Brenner previously founded chocolate emporium Max Brenner, a venture that culminated in a sale to — and non-compete lawsuit with — Israeli food conglomerate Strauss Group.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
After several years in the decade area, Fitzgerald moved his emporium to Speedway’s Main Street last month.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 21 May 2025
Bruton High Street in Somerset is not the most obvious place to find an emporium of cutting-edge design.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Flashback: Brenner previously founded chocolate emporium Max Brenner, a venture that culminated in a sale to — and non-compete lawsuit with — Israeli food conglomerate Strauss Group.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for emporium
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“Emporium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emporium. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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emporium
noun
em·po·ri·um
im-ˈpōr-ē-əm
em-,
-ˈpȯr-
plural emporiums also emporia
-ē-ə
1
a
b
: a center of business activity
2
: a store carrying a wide variety of merchandise
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