Thesaurus results for EMPORIUMS

emporiums

noun

variants also emporia

plural of emporium

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 The thoroughfare is already home to Stefano Ricci, Mayfair Gallery, and countless prestigious flagships, emporiums, and eateries. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 11 July 2026 The 2026 Prix Versailles laureates named the most beautiful airports, campuses, passenger stations, sports, museums, emporiums, hotels and restaurants in the world. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 25 June 2026 After soaking in the history and charm of the Duomo, walk over to Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, one of the world’s oldest shopping emporiums with outposts from Prada to Gucci. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026 In addition to airports, Prix Versailles also recognized projects across several other categories, including campuses, passenger stations, sports venues, museums, emporiums, hotels and restaurants. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026 Each year since 2015, the Prix Versailles World Jury has awarded 24 prizes across eight categories — airports, campuses, passenger stations, sports, museums, emporiums, and hotels and restaurants. — Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026 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

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As the clock edges toward midnight on October 27, book stores and e-tailers across the globe will be blushing with anticipation.

— Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
While most of its stores are in mainland China, the company had 4,378 stores overseas as of end-June and has been expanding into new markets, including central Asia and the Americas.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

Rents based on sales volumes are collected, and vendor shops are continually well stocked.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
By the way, the original Cinnamon Ancho Tacolate is available year-round at all Salt & Straw shops and via Salt & Straw's website, which offers nationwide shipping.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of shops

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Earlier this year, it was reported that Pixar had a new original movie, Ono Ghost Market, in the works based on Asian myths about supernatural bazaars where the living and dead interact.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
Shopkeepers in bazaars have staged sit-ins, not unlike those that preceded the January protests.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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