variants
also pedlar
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps
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Recent Examples of peddler
White supremacists and disinformation peddlers have been welcomed back to the platform, even as some longtime users try to cling to its utility for sharing real-time news and information.
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
But the president has at long last had his way with peddlers, too.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Before Facebook began cracking down on content in late 2016, American fake news peddlers and spammers based in North Macedonia and elsewhere cashed in on viral hoaxes that deepened political divisions and played on people’s fears.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2025
On the other hand, South Congress Books recently closed shop and, in this age of Amazon, book peddlers are constantly trying to figure out how to draw in buyers.
—Asher Price, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
But the president has at long last had his way with peddlers, too.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Before Facebook began cracking down on content in late 2016, American fake news peddlers and spammers based in North Macedonia and elsewhere cashed in on viral hoaxes that deepened political divisions and played on people’s fears.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2025
On the other hand, South Congress Books recently closed shop and, in this age of Amazon, book peddlers are constantly trying to figure out how to draw in buyers.
—Asher Price, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddler
Noun
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Cyber attacks can now exploit third-party vendors, cloud misconfigurations or even supply chain dependencies.—
David Wagner,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The latest Harvard directive will be delivered Tuesday in a letter that also will order government agencies to look for new vendors for the federal funds, the officials said.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Singapore’s Lau Pa Sat hawker center, in the city’s Central Business District.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2025
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With this homegrown production, strawberries are now cheaper in Senegal’s groceries and even sold by hawkers on the streets.—
Carmen Abd Ali,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Reasonable Existing Debt Got stacked high-interest loans or merchant cash advances?—
Matthew Meehan,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The American military sees the civilian merchant fleet and shipbuilding industry as strategic assets in wartime.—
Caleb Petitt,
National Review,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Two councilmen have a bill requiring licenses for ticket sellers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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Walcott turned away from the fruit seller and looked at the sea, and the woman turned away from him.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Carrier didn’t fit any stereotype of a glad-handing huckster with a bad loan to sell.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
13 May 2025
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And at every turn, there were hecklers on social media calling him an idiot, a fraud, and a huckster, and claiming that his companies were about to collapse and die.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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But with Musk bolstering his commitment to leading Tesla, Ives said traders can now shift their focus to the company’s role in what the analyst called the artificial intelligence revolution.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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This is per the equity's Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) of 29% that ranks in the 20th percentile of its annual range, meaning options traders are pricing in low volatility expectations at the moment.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddler. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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