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as in wholesaler
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as in laborer
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Recent Examples of jobber
Read full article Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
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Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind.
—Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023
Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019
The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered.
—Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
The City had its freewheeling parts—such as the euro markets—but the stock market was carved up by British brokers and jobbers, with Hogwartian names such as Ackroyd & Smithers.
—Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
The antipathy to horsemeat is fast vanishing, says Jim Augustine, the East Bay’s one and only mustang meat jobber.
—Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind.
—Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023
Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019
The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered.
—Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
The City had its freewheeling parts—such as the euro markets—but the stock market was carved up by British brokers and jobbers, with Hogwartian names such as Ackroyd & Smithers.
—Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
The antipathy to horsemeat is fast vanishing, says Jim Augustine, the East Bay’s one and only mustang meat jobber.
—Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobber
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Walgreens Boots Alliance was formed 10 years ago, after Walgreens acquired Alliance Boots, a British pharmacy chain and drug wholesaler.—
Danielle Kaye,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Third, data on quality could prompt drug wholesalers to shift from searching for the lowest price to identifying the best value.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Without its central industry, it’s become a ghost town, and one where the era of Harmony and her old friend (played by character actor James LeGros) working as child laborers(*) for Lumon comparatively feel like the good old days.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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A week later, Chinese laborers returned to Rock Springs and soon resumed coal production.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Even with Donovan Mitchell in as a distributor, Tyler continues to dribble at the top of the key while the other four Heat players watch him.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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Keemo Fashion Group Ltd continues to operate in the apparel and garment trading business, focusing on wholesaling to distributors mainly based in China.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
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The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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In other words, exactly the type of drudge work that corporates have outsourced for decades to offshore teams from the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Infosys.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes,
4 Feb. 2025
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Wells Fargo cut its price target on natural gas exporter Venture Global to $11 a share from $18.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Should Trump move forward with his plan to resume the U.S. duties on Canadian goods on April 2, U.S. exporters will face the full weight of those duties, Carney reiterated.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Mar. 2025
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About 250 hard-working people, including my employees and vendors and their dependents, rely on our Florida operation for all or a significant part of their livelihoods.—
Mark Casse,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the parade, attendees can enjoy a variety of Irish celebrations with vendors at each end of the parade and along the route.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2025
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Trainer led Trump's battleground states strategy in 2020 and joined the first administration as special assistant to the president and director of regional political operations.—
Axios,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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The 10 individuals initially arrested in September 2017, which included four college assistant coaches, were all relative bit players in the ecosystem.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Racers and visitors are advised to not park in any merchant lots.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
The Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2025
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This way, shoppers can get better recommendations while allowing merchants to promote key items more effectively.—
Shoplazza Contributor,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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