as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom
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Recent Examples of salesperson
The Catfish star, 40, is officially joining Coldwell Banker Warburg as a licensed real estate salesperson, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The salesperson hawking Brother printers on Taobao works hard—like, really hard.
—Jason Koebler, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
Faulkner has also proven to be an effective salesperson.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
Murray noted that there have been credible reports of situations where a car salesperson car has run a shopper's credit report to get more background on the buyer before negotiating the price.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The salesperson hawking Brother printers on Taobao works hard—like, really hard.
—Jason Koebler, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
Faulkner has also proven to be an effective salesperson.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
Murray noted that there have been credible reports of situations where a car salesperson car has run a shopper's credit report to get more background on the buyer before negotiating the price.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for salesperson
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesperson
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That fear hung over Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, on England’s northwestern coast, where members of Parliament (MPs) and party members gathered this week to take stock of a country that is running out of patience for what Labour is selling, and of sympathy for its salesman.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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That lifetime began in a suburb of Toledo called Sylvania, where he was born the son of a graphic artist mother and an insurance salesman father who took him to a Jimi Hendrix concert in the eighth grade that would forever change his life.—
Otto Rabe,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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This is Mozelle Carr, Skeet’s sister and the county clerk.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesperson. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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