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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
The list of other big winners during the stretch is littered with other major AI players, like Facebook parent Meta (up 370%), silicon chip peddlers Broadcom (335%) and Advanced Micro Devices (200%) and cloud computing giant Oracle (200%).
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Derek Saul, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
At the same time, Russia’s disinformation peddlers have refined their tactics, with social media accounts linked to Russia spreading falsehoods on a number of topics, from the Skripal attack to the Catalan independence movement to the pandemic.
—Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
Many times, the intention of the peddlers of distrust and misinformation do not reveal their goals.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
As two catastrophic storms upended American cities, a patchwork network of influencers and fake-news peddlers have done their best to sow distrust, stoke resentment, and interfere with relief efforts.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Derek Saul, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
At the same time, Russia’s disinformation peddlers have refined their tactics, with social media accounts linked to Russia spreading falsehoods on a number of topics, from the Skripal attack to the Catalan independence movement to the pandemic.
—Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
Many times, the intention of the peddlers of distrust and misinformation do not reveal their goals.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
As two catastrophic storms upended American cities, a patchwork network of influencers and fake-news peddlers have done their best to sow distrust, stoke resentment, and interfere with relief efforts.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddler
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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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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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Dozens of unique local artisans alongside market merchants, farmers and outdoor vendors.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
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At least one merchant has sued Caltrans for negligence.Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 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
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The Great Buck Howard (2008) In this mostly dull bauble about a kid (Colin Hanks) who works for a possibly fraudulent huckster magician (John Malkovich), Hanks shows up briefly as a skeptical dad.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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Only a huckster and scam artist like Trump could persuade people to vote against their own interests.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
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Bell is accused of lying to investors about his track record as a trader, about the level of risk associated with the investments, about how he would be paid for managing the money, and about how the investments were performing, the SEC alleges.Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Citi company logo displayed as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on March 27, 2024 in New York City.Michael del Castillo, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddler. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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