as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art
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Recent Examples of hawker
One of the favorites here is Hainanese chicken rice from the hawker stand at the top of the escalator (look out for the long line and the stand numbered 02-82).
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Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Tiong Bahru Market is a good place to start, with a traditional wet market on the ground floor and hawker stalls upstairs.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
These hawker markets not only show off how the city-state has embraced and riffed off its multi-cultural ties but also offer some of the most delicious and affordable food experiences anywhere in the world.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, a hawker stall in Singapore received a Michelin Star in 2016 to much surprise, although that star was later lost.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2025
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Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Tiong Bahru Market is a good place to start, with a traditional wet market on the ground floor and hawker stalls upstairs.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
These hawker markets not only show off how the city-state has embraced and riffed off its multi-cultural ties but also offer some of the most delicious and affordable food experiences anywhere in the world.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, a hawker stall in Singapore received a Michelin Star in 2016 to much surprise, although that star was later lost.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawker
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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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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In 2024 alone, U.S.-based independent sellers averaged $290,000 in annual sales, with over 55,000 sellers surpassing $1 million in revenue.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Then came the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020, and the pandemic; suddenly cable networks long deemed trustworthy were peddlers of fake news, on the right and the left.—
Ulysses Ortega,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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But news of the child's death first came to light on Saturday, April 5—in a newsletter published by Robert Malone, an anti-vaccine advocate and peddler of conspiracy theories who came to prominence during the pandemic.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 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
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Reasonable Existing Debt Got stacked high-interest loans or merchant cash advances?—
Matthew Meehan,
Forbes.com,
30 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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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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