as in commerce
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places
they contributed money to an environmental group that works to end the traffic of endangered animals
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as in to trade
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
arrested him for trafficking in drugs
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Recent Examples of traffic
Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of shops at CST Road are crammed along half a mile of bumpy road with cackling traffic.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
And officials have long blamed Venezuela and its leader Nicolás Maduro for heavy cocaine trafficking to the United States, leading to American deaths from drug use.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Just last month, two Milwaukee legislators introduced a bill to make available $60 million for traffic calming infrastructure to fight reckless driving across the state.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of shops at CST Road are crammed along half a mile of bumpy road with cackling traffic.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
The coalition said the arrests showed federal authorities had listened to their past appeals, but insisted only a broader crackdown under federal racketeering and trafficking laws can dismantle the entrenched networks.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
And officials have long blamed Venezuela and its leader Nicolás Maduro for heavy cocaine trafficking to the United States, leading to American deaths from drug use.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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Debra Krol reports on Indigenous communities at the confluence of climate, culture and commerce in Arizona and the Intermountain West.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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But the scope of AUKUS––particularly regarding dual-use emerging technologies—means that the leadership of AUKUS should come from a consortium of defense, foreign, and commerce departments or ministries.—
GARY ROUGHEAD,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This has forced Russia to lean heavily on China specifically in order to prop up its wartime economy and most importantly, continue trading its most important commodity crude oil.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones’ decision to trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers a week before the 2025 season began certainly raised eyebrows about his role as general manager.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Like college coaches, social media gurus work their way through the ranks of the industry, and in an age where all eyeballs can attract revenues and sponsorships and ultimately, more money in the pockets of players and recruits in a competitive marketplace, Lazarus and his colleagues are valuable.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valdez Streaty suggests that last-minute shoppers compare offers across dealer websites and EV marketplaces.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jerry Jones ultimately decided to cut ties with the star linebacker, dealing him to the Green Bay Packers.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The rise of fascism encroaches on her like a disease, culminating in a personal invitation from Mussolini himself, but we’re dealt countless scenes of Eleonora’s psychosis before we’re granted a contextual explanation of what feeds it.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Traffic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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