huckster

as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers

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Recent Examples of huckster As details from the report emerged Wednesday, cryptocurrency insiders lauded it as a crucial step in legitimizing digital asset markets by providing legal and regulatory clarity to an industry that has struggled to emerge from its reputation as a haven for criminals and hucksters. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 30 July 2025 Her book incorporates memoir, science writing, and cultural critique, offering a technical breakdown of the effects of Johnston’s time in the gym, as well as condemnations of diet culture’s scams and hucksters. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 3 July 2025 The Player’s Guide details how to build a character, whether its just a common cowpoke or one of the more unusual options like a huckster or blessed. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 San Pedro, locals say, is fertile ground for hucksters. David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for huckster
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Noun
  • To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This week, the cities of Lee’s Summit and Independence passed ordinances setting limits on how and where city vendors and events can operate during the World Cup.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Altria Group Previously known as Phillip Morris, tobacco giant Altria Group is the seller of Virginia Slims, Marlboro and Parliament cigarettes in the United States.
    Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Already, Chinese EVs have become top sellers in some emerging market countries and are increasingly penetrating the market in Europe, Britain, and Australia.
    Justin Worland, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Operating at the extreme fringes is also an effective strategy for maximizing exposure in the algorithm, which explains why popular influencers such as the Nelk Boys and Jake Paul started their YouTube careers as prank peddlers, before leaning into more overtly political content.
    T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Elsewhere in Episode 5: Gut Milk peddler Ursula casually mentions that building staff can’t rely on tips anymore.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • America’s merchant fleet — its civilian ships for carrying cargo and passengers — became the world’s largest, sustaining Allied logistics.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In a blog, Google said the partnership benefits both merchants and consumers.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • Today, the bikemaker has more than 5,000 dealers in India alone, with a global presence in more than 90 countries, and five manufacturing facilities spread out across the globe to meet that demand.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
  • An unaltered shuffle machine contains cameras that alert the casino, dealer, or house if a card is missing and ensures the deck is correctly sorted, according to Piacente.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • There also did not appear to be many hawkers, who stand on the sidewalk with binders filled with photographs of different items that are later retrieved from a storefront, storage bin or other location upon request.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t miss the katong laksa and ayam buah keluak (an iconic Peranakan dish, and a personal favorite of mine) prepared by Shangri-La chefs in collaboration with local cooks from Singapore’s hawker centers.
    Elizabeth See, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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