huckster

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 details from the report emerged Wednesday, cryptocurrency insiders lauded it as a crucial step in legitimizing digital asset markets by providing legal and regulatory clarity to an industry that has struggled to emerge from its reputation as a haven for criminals and hucksters. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 30 July 2025 Her book incorporates memoir, science writing, and cultural critique, offering a technical breakdown of the effects of Johnston’s time in the gym, as well as condemnations of diet culture’s scams and hucksters. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 3 July 2025 The Player’s Guide details how to build a character, whether its just a common cowpoke or one of the more unusual options like a huckster or blessed. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 San Pedro, locals say, is fertile ground for hucksters. David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for huckster
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Noun
  • In that case, the decline is largely because vendors are not sending it enough merchandise given recent delays in getting payment from the debt-laden company.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On the hardware side over 10+ million devices have been built around a recovery phrase by default, entrenching a market expectation in which seed phrases are the go-to recovery method, even as some vendors add alternatives.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • If the sale is canceled, the seller may be able to keep the earnest money deposit, depending on state law.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Dreamland's Secret Recipe Now offered in all 11 locations, banana pudding is a top-three seller for the business.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Operating at the extreme fringes is also an effective strategy for maximizing exposure in the algorithm, which explains why popular influencers such as the Nelk Boys and Jake Paul started their YouTube careers as prank peddlers, before leaning into more overtly political content.
    T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Elsewhere in Episode 5: Gut Milk peddler Ursula casually mentions that building staff can’t rely on tips anymore.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trick or treaters with creative costumes and merchants with generous candy giveaways stretched from 5th Street to Ramona Street during the event, organized by the Ramona Chamber of Commerce.
    Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Other e-commerce players, like Etsy and Shopify merchants Glossier, Spanx and Vuori are also on board with the initiative.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • There also did not appear to be many hawkers, who stand on the sidewalk with binders filled with photographs of different items that are later retrieved from a storefront, storage bin or other location upon request.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t miss the katong laksa and ayam buah keluak (an iconic Peranakan dish, and a personal favorite of mine) prepared by Shangri-La chefs in collaboration with local cooks from Singapore’s hawker centers.
    Elizabeth See, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kitzing survived the war and became an antiques dealer, dying in 1987.
    Kate Sosin, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
  • Consult with dealer Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said vehicle owners under recall should check with a technician as soon as possible to determine whether their engine needs replacement.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025

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