peddler

variants also pedlar

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Recent Examples of peddler According to Newman, the dish spread along religious pilgrimages and trade routes, and peddlers would sell it at street markets. Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 More recently, the city tested out pilot programs focused on enforcing existing code laws in order to deter unlicensed peddlers near the SAP Center and the 2024 downtown holiday events. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025 White supremacists and disinformation peddlers have been welcomed back to the platform, even as some longtime users try to cling to its utility for sharing real-time news and information. Clare Duffy, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025 But the president has at long last had his way with peddlers, too. Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for peddler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddler
Noun
  • By selecting anchor platforms that allow super users to enable features without coding expertise or vendor intervention, your organization reduces costs and maintains greater strategic control over HR technology.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Officials say the contract with vendor Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., expired July 5 and the village chose not to renew it.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Claim to have won the case and con followers into paying the $2.3 million in damages owed the real victor is how Mike Lindell, hawker of pillows and election conspiracy theories, responded to this week’s verdict against him.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
  • Here’s a quick recap: In 2012 after Superstorm Sandy closed Statue and Ellis Islands for more than eight months, rogue ticket hawkers flocked to Battery Park, selling an array of tourism tickets.
    Michael Burke, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Okakura was born in Yokohama in 1863 to a silk merchant family of samurai origins.
    Waiyee Loh, JSTOR Daily, 2 July 2025
  • According to a Bloomberg report, the Japanese gaming icon noticed that third-party merchants on Amazon were offering Switch games for sale in the U.S. at prices that undercut Nintendo’s advertised rates.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • While Rumours may never be replaced as Fleetwood Mac’s top seller, that blockbuster could soon be joined by another popular beauty in diamond territory.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • On one hand, plunging sales and growing inventory is putting downward pressure on prices, forcing many sellers to offer reductions to attract reluctant buyers.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The other actors in the terrific eight-member cast — which includes Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves and Ken Marks — play multiple roles as townsfolk, family members, lawmen, desperados, hucksters and suckers.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For traders focused on events, recognizing these historical trends can be advantageous.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Trump's surprise Tuesday announcement of a 50% rate, at the highest end of traders' expectations, sharply jolted the copper market, with the premium paid by U.S. buyers over the rest of the world more than doubling to a record over $2,600.
    Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 July 2025

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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddler. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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