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Emporia

American  
[em-pawr-ee-uh, -pohr-] / ɛmˈpɔr i ə, -ˈpoʊr- /

noun

  1. a city in E Kansas.


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Tyson’s Emporia, Kan., plant, initially slated to close in 2008, continued operating with fewer workers then closed for good this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

He previously spent eight years as defensive coordinator at Emporia State.

From Seattle Times

By high school, johnson was ready to go to school for design, thinking he could get into the world of crafting commercials by going into a marketing program at Emporia State University in Kansas.

From Seattle Times

Max McCoy, Emporia State’s sole journalism professor, penned a column that began, “I may be fired for writing this” — before learning this would be his last year teaching at the school.

From Seattle Times

In Kansas, Emporia State University this fall cut 33 faculty — most of them tenured — using an emergency pandemic measure that allowed universities to bypass policies on staff terminations to balance budgets.

From Seattle Times