Empire
(fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
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"Mainstream economics says capitalism is built on competition. But today, competition has given way to empire building - and the rest of us are paying the price." By @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack…
⛽ LINCOLNSHIRE! Your cheapest unleaded petrol (E10) today is 147.9p/L at Empire Garage, LN12 1PX — and 1 other at the same price! #UKFuel #Pumpr #Lincolnshire
Basically full-blooded Garleans were often officers or commanders because, to be fair, there's so few of them in comparison to the sheer size of their Empire. It got to the point where they uplifted people like Gabra…
"Sovereignty!" "Foreigners!" "Immigrants!" "The Glorious British Empire!" "Tax cuts for billionaires!" (Oops!) #LocalElections #Farage #FlagShaggers #Brexit #racism #fascism #r4today #ukpolitics #wato #bbcnews #Ref…
Trump's legacy: "American an empire in decline". Front page feature article in the N. Y.Times today.
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(fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
However, the first style of this century was known as Empire furniture. It was a derivative of the French Empire furniture, popular at that time.
“"Mainstream economics says capitalism is built on competition. But today, competition has given way to empire building - and the rest of us are paying the price." By @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/p/forget-the...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“⛽ LINCOLNSHIRE! Your cheapest unleaded petrol (E10) today is 147.9p/L at Empire Garage, LN12 1PX — and 1 other at the same price! #UKFuel #Pumpr #Lincolnshire”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Basically full-blooded Garleans were often officers or commanders because, to be fair, there's so few of them in comparison to the sheer size of their Empire. It got to the point where they uplifted people like Gabranth who wasn't even a Garlean pureblood.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“your Roman Empire. This woman that she's”
“that's East Coast and um Empire St.”
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(Britain, dated, of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
Wine from Portugal and France showed an irregular downward tendency over the period, while Empire wine from Australia and British South Africa rose rapidly, the former increasing nearly threefold between 1925 and 1927.
“"Sovereignty!" "Foreigners!" "Immigrants!" "The Glorious British Empire!" "Tax cuts for billionaires!" (Oops!) #LocalElections #Farage #FlagShaggers #Brexit #racism #fascism #r4today #ukpolitics #wato #bbcnews #ReformUK”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trump's legacy: "American an empire in decline". Front page feature article in the N. Y.Times today.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#WIPSnips My only use of "empire" with some clothing worldbuilding~”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Another CounterPoint many don’t know of: CSTO as USSR. Guess who comes after Ukraine? (It’s probably Poland, Germany and Russia has had this thing with Poland since the fall of the Roman Empire; bonus points if you know about Western Rome’s Predecessor’s Full Legal Name.)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“that's East Coast and um Empire St.”
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