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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Recent Examples of salesperson
Such enterprises invite non-salaried workers to sell goods and then also earn commissions by recruiting more salespeople; the Federal Trade Commission has over the years outlined subtle legal differences between MLMs and pyramid schemes.
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Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
One salesperson might think that offering a 25% discount is fair.
—Chris Mele, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
She's been a race director, a recruiter for Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a salesperson for a major pharmaceutical company, a blogger for Moogfest, a communications manager for Mission Health, a fitness instructor, and a health coach.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 May 2025
Besides nursing with its 1,939 job postings in April, the other top positions were retail salespersons (1,830 job ads), home health and personal care aides (1,232), and fast-food and counter workers (954).
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
One salesperson might think that offering a 25% discount is fair.
—Chris Mele, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
She's been a race director, a recruiter for Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a salesperson for a major pharmaceutical company, a blogger for Moogfest, a communications manager for Mission Health, a fitness instructor, and a health coach.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 May 2025
Besides nursing with its 1,939 job postings in April, the other top positions were retail salespersons (1,830 job ads), home health and personal care aides (1,232), and fast-food and counter workers (954).
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesperson
Noun
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But then, The New York Times looked inside the medicine chest of our favorite belly-jumping, eyeball-rolling, exploding-car salesman, and that was that.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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But one couple in particular stands out: A traveling costume jewelry salesman, Lars Thorwald, and his nagging, bedridden wife.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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On Friday evening, a week after the Tribune reported that ICE subpoenaed the clerk’s office for personal information of applicants to the ID program that is often used by noncitizens, the city clerk took down the online application for CityKey.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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For more information, visit the website or email the city clerk’s office at cityclerk@cupertino.gov.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesperson. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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