Emporia

[ em-pawr-ee-uh, -pohr- ]

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noun

States with lax laws will become emporia for distribution of guns to other states and cities.

In 1895 I bought the Emporia Gazette on credit, without a cent in money, and chiefly with the audacity and impudence of youth.

It was then a little paper; I paid three thousand dollars for it, and I have lived in Emporia ever since.

Recherches sur les Emporia phniciens dans le Zeugis et le Byzacium.

The elder girls had accepted positions in the various emporia of the village as soon as they could.

As in Emporia, doubtless the suppression of the description of such events would have a beneficial effect.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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