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also pedlars
as in vendors
one who sells things outdoors
the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps
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Recent Examples of peddlers
The consequences are visible in the rising numbers of street peddlers in Tehran.
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ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
The consequences are visible in the rising numbers of street peddlers in Tehran.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
The consequences are visible in the rising numbers of street peddlers in Tehran.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddlers
Noun
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The Xerces Society also offers region-specific lists of plants that support pollinators, along with vendors that sell them as plants or seeds.—
Ann Hinga Klein,
Martha Stewart,
28 Apr. 2026
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Based on the physical locations of Burlington’s stores and vendors near the distribution center, the company expects to shave some freight costs relative to sales, said Kristin Wolfe, chief financial officer of Burlington Stores, during an earnings call on March 5.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Strong sell-through rates and a run of clean sales have pulled sellers back toward competition.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
2 May 2026
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Proprietor Lydell Zimmerman said his biggest music sellers are a cappella recordings, but he's noticed Ben and Rose have drawn a real following.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Yemen monopolized the coffee trade for around 200 years until Dutch merchants smuggled coffee seeds to Indonesia and began growing plants there.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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The local cheesemonger, the corner coffee shop, the butchers, the bakers, the wine merchants—they're all within arm’s reach.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Bring your pastry to Marine Parade’s public lawns for a lakeside lunch in view of street performers, snack carts and thrill ride hawkers.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The patio at Murphy’s grew fuller by the minute and an hour or so later, the Wrigley ball hawkers — a dwindling group of fans who gather along Waveland Avenue to catch home run balls launched well over the left field fence — were starting to take their positions.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Conjuring–verse is an exercise in branding, the brainchild of master hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Take time to research dealers, auction houses, and online sellers, paying attention to expertise, condition reporting, and their general willingness to answer questions.—
Nicole Anderson,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
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Other dealers come from locales farther away from art market centers, like Cleo the Project Space (Savannah, Georgia), Dream Clinic (Columbus, Ohio), and Inland (Walpole, Maine).—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Peddlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddlers. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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