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
Yet this devastation and despair is not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters, and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
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David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2024
Yet this devastation and despair are not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
One of them lost his entire life savings to a huckster in Kazakhstan, was forced to return to Russia and fled the country a second time to Armenia.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2024
Yet this devastation and despair are not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
One of them lost his entire life savings to a huckster in Kazakhstan, was forced to return to Russia and fled the country a second time to Armenia.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huckster
Noun
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With 100x more data under management than other cloud-only vendors, Cloudera...Forbes, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Shop 30 vendor tables, sweets and treats, poinsettias, and deluxe gift baskets.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
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Make sure sellers are empowered to offer different levels of value, including trials, demos or other ways that customers will realize value within their four walls.Jeet Mukherjee, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Footwear, both sale and full price, was a top seller.David Moin, WWD, 1 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But human rights groups believe the real toll to be far greater, with thousands more users and small-time peddlers killed in mysterious circumstances by unknown assailants.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The 9/11 attacks were a gift to peddlers of xenophobia, white supremacism, and Christian nationalism.Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Noun
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Dozens of unique local artisans alongside market merchants, farmers and outdoor vendors.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
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Growing numbers of websites are giving their overseas customers the option to pay in their local currency, rather than pay in the merchant’s currency without knowing the total price they will be charged.Daniel Webber, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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No hawkers, no vendors, only two people stretching a Jesus banner halfway across the roadway.Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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His father, a construction worker, and his mother, a hawker, had 11 children and could only afford to send Lee to school for six years.Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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