as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom
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Managers in the solar industry are adept at making novice salespeople like Colvin push through the job’s darkness.
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
Those were followed by roles including advertising practitioners, car salespeople, business executives and state officeholders.
—April Rubin, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
And these are often the salespeople that clearly need the coaching more than anyone else!
—Randy Illig, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
In a demonstration to farmers and farm equipment salespeople on a nearly 100 degree August day, Jonathan Aguilar, a biological and agricultural engineer at Kansas State University, took off his bucket hat and poured a bottle of water on his head.
—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
Those were followed by roles including advertising practitioners, car salespeople, business executives and state officeholders.
—April Rubin, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
And these are often the salespeople that clearly need the coaching more than anyone else!
—Randy Illig, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
In a demonstration to farmers and farm equipment salespeople on a nearly 100 degree August day, Jonathan Aguilar, a biological and agricultural engineer at Kansas State University, took off his bucket hat and poured a bottle of water on his head.
—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesperson. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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