as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers
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Recent Examples of huckster
As in the movie, the central couple are lifelong friends and hucksters Joe and Jerry.
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Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Lon Chaney plays a huckster circus performer who pretends to have no arms.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The internet is rife with fitness hucksters and overpriced, overcomplicated training plans, but Patrick seemed different.
—Wes Judd, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
Cusack is at her huckster best as the film's antagonist, but Addams Family Values is a star vehicle for Lloyd, who is the quintessential Uncle Fester in the eyes of most present fans.
—Lee Escobedo, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Lon Chaney plays a huckster circus performer who pretends to have no arms.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The internet is rife with fitness hucksters and overpriced, overcomplicated training plans, but Patrick seemed different.
—Wes Judd, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
Cusack is at her huckster best as the film's antagonist, but Addams Family Values is a star vehicle for Lloyd, who is the quintessential Uncle Fester in the eyes of most present fans.
—Lee Escobedo, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huckster
Noun
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Billed as a game-changer for AI integration, MCP is gaining traction among vendors including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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That includes obstacle courses, games, face painting, family fitness demos and classes, water play, and local vendors.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
19 June 2025
Noun
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But while still high, mortgage rates have somehow stabilized, and homebuyers and sellers have gotten used to them.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Job Layoffs Toy seller Hasbro HAS.O has cut 3% of its global workforce in its latest cost-cutting effort amid higher U.S. tariffs on toys from China.—
Ananya Mariam Rajesh,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Then came the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020, and the pandemic; suddenly cable networks long deemed trustworthy were peddlers of fake news, on the right and the left.—
Ulysses Ortega,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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But news of the child's death first came to light on Saturday, April 5—in a newsletter published by Robert Malone, an anti-vaccine advocate and peddler of conspiracy theories who came to prominence during the pandemic.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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The new offering is designed to plug directly into Fiserv's sprawling global network, which already processes 90 billion transactions a year across 10,000 financial institutions and 6 million merchant locations.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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The capture of this first whaler on June 22 inaugurated the Shenandoah’s most spectacular run, unlike any the raider had enjoyed during its eight months seeking out and destroying Union merchant vessels.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Singapore’s famous hawker centers are a great way to try new cuisines in an affordable way with a casual atmosphere.—
Michelle Stansbury,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Lamia is laser-focused on fulfilling her cake-baking duty, but Bibi has made this trip with another purpose, one that divides the two and sets Lamia on a quest through the city’s thoroughfares and backstreets and bustling souk, with its hawkers and their wares.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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