How to Use dealing in a Sentence
dealing
noun- There were reports of shady dealings between the two sides.
- He has a reputation for fair dealing.
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The area has long been a hot spot for open air drug dealing and drug use.
—Vincent Hill, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
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But that’s not quite how the bad-faith dealing went down in real life.
—Robert Daniels, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2021
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When Polk first moved in, drug dealing took place in front of her home.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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But their wealth didn't come from run-of-the-mill business dealings.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
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How did Rue get lured into drug dealing?
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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What causes more death is the dealing of more fentanyl.
—Allan Culver, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
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One was about the homicide, and the other was about drug dealing.
—Rekha Tenjarla, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
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But its scope reaches the heart of the firm’s business dealings.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
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While other dealings also played roles, this team was built through the draft.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, police do their work to ensure there's no dealing in the streets.
—Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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In other dealings, gold and silver prices fell.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Yes, the tracks often revolved around drug dealing.
—Jabari M. Evans, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
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But phones are also used to carry out drug dealing and other crimes.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
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And, sure enough, a little drug dealing did lead to a little murder.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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The pick didn’t come without a little bit of wheeling and dealing.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2021
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As new arrivals tried to find their footing, a tide of homicides and drug dealing swept in.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Like the dealing with the virus itself, the answer to that question isn’t cut and dried.
—Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
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Their deadline day dealings have at least provided some hope.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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With a top-four place well within reach, dealings off the field are finally poised to take off soon.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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But the document raised new questions about the men’s dealings.
—Jake Bleiberg and Paul J. Weber, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
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There’s a lot of things going on — drug dealing, loitering.
—Eric Adler march 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
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That, more than all the drug dealing said to take place, is the business world that produces many of these rappers.
—New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
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Some money comes from the opium trade and drug dealing, or other crime such as smuggling.
—Derek Hawkins, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2021
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Some money comes from the opium trade and drug dealing, or other crimes such as smuggling.
—Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2021
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On the day Bailee was born, Jelly Roll was in prison for drug dealing.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
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The precise value of these dealings does not have to be reported.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
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Days removed from the deal, the front office received a fair grade for its recent dealings.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
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Biden also spoke about his own son Hunter's business dealings in Ukraine.
—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2019
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