as in dealer
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of trader
The criminal investigation stemmed from two former BofAS traders who manipulated the market between 2014 and 2020 by placing more than 1,000 fake orders, DOJ said.
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Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
On Monday, more than 407,000 traders were liquidated over a 24-hour period, the Coinglass data show.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
In markets in the capital Kinshasa, tubs full of writhing white maggots line the alleyways, and women traders fry caterpillars, spiced with chili, over charcoal fires.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Created in 2006 by the British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, the haunting life-size figures, including a man typing at a desk (entitled The Lost Correspondent), fishermen, market traders, and a ring of children holding hands, can be viewed by snorkelers and divers ducking beneath the bay’s surface.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
On Monday, more than 407,000 traders were liquidated over a 24-hour period, the Coinglass data show.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
In markets in the capital Kinshasa, tubs full of writhing white maggots line the alleyways, and women traders fry caterpillars, spiced with chili, over charcoal fires.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Created in 2006 by the British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, the haunting life-size figures, including a man typing at a desk (entitled The Lost Correspondent), fishermen, market traders, and a ring of children holding hands, can be viewed by snorkelers and divers ducking beneath the bay’s surface.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trader
Noun
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Over the last four decades Yashar, the daughter of a Persian antique carpet dealer, has forged many relationships in the design world.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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The crime drama follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Las Casas lived there as a merchant priest, in a large, comfortable house built by his Indians.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Many merchants still repeat the same edits across several dashboards, draining time and creating avoidable errors.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Republican businessman Jason Dickerson beat Democrat Debra Shigley in the Tuesday runoff after no candidate in a seven-person field won a majority to take the seat outright in August.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Great businessman, terrible GM.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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New owner part of the aborted Kroger merger Mostly a supplier to other grocery retailers, C&S Wholesale has been eyeing an expansion of its retail operations in recent years.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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On its way to scoot past the $1 billion turnover mark this year, PDS Limited works with more than 600 factories around the world to provide manufacturing sourcing and brand solutions to various global brands and retailers.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trader. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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