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as in bargaining
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as in activity
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as in trafficking
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
that store deals in used furniture
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as in negotiating
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price
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Recent Examples of dealing
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
But having somehow persuaded the D.A. to drop an investigation into Beaumont, Walker says their dealings are over.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
The reader skips through murders, kidnappings, shady dealings, conspiracies, scandals—and, on occasion, some constructive diplomacy.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Trump administration planned to use ongoing tariff negotiations to pressure US trading partners to limit their dealings with China, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the conversations.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Eight years later, he’s contacted by Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), the treasury agent who previously hunted him because of Chris’ dealings with criminals.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
But having somehow persuaded the D.A. to drop an investigation into Beaumont, Walker says their dealings are over.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
The reader skips through murders, kidnappings, shady dealings, conspiracies, scandals—and, on occasion, some constructive diplomacy.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Trump administration planned to use ongoing tariff negotiations to pressure US trading partners to limit their dealings with China, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the conversations.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealing
Noun
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Camping is another wonderful family activity which affords everyone the opportunity the enjoy the great outdoors.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Severe weather activity will quickly wind down just before midnight, but the flash flooding threat will linger around through the overnight with any of the heavier downpours that set up.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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Two Connecticut men have been found guilty of trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover officers, officials said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Dec. 2024
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The investigation also revealed that members of the drug trafficking organization possessed and used firearms in connection with their drug trafficking activity, authorities said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The two players have been negotiating deals with Cincinnati to keep them with the organization for years to come.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Sotheby’s and Pace Gallery are currently negotiating over a deal that would see the auction house make a significant investment in the mega-gallery.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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The two countries signed the accord following months of sometimes fraught negotiations.—
Jane Onyanga-Omara,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Previous sticking points Among the key sticking point of the negotiations was the question of security guarantees – and whether the US would provide them as part of the deal.—
Victoria Butenko,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Entering the space with body fragrance and aroma brands like Veronique Gabai, and lifestyle retail spaces like Blind Barber providing body care and scents for men, Aroma 360 finds its success in its core room scents that are filling the air in high-end commercial spaces other than its own.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Enzo Maresca There’s a particular sort of person who tends to celebrate goals, wins, anything to do with sporting success really, not with obvious expressions of happiness, but with an intensity that might look like anger to the untrained eye.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
Verb
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For some bargaining units, like the California Association of State Attorneys and Administrative Law Judges, the change came less than a month after the union started bargaining a new contract with the state.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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As Philadelphia systematically destroyed Kansas City on Sunday, Eagles fans were no doubt too … ebullient to pay much attention to the ads, while Chiefs supporters no doubt spent the commercial breaks bargaining with God or dousing themselves with Arthur Bryant‘s Barbecue Sauce for luck.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2025
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That mindset took center stage in April, when FIS announced a $24.25 billion deal to sell Worldpay to Global Payments—marking one of the biggest fintech transactions of the year.—
Nicole Casperson,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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The 2024 summer saw a series of separate transactions between clubs to help navigate PSR, with players traded between Villa and Everton, Juventus and Chelsea.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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Technology companies are often held up as open, forward-looking enterprises capable of quickly adapting and moving on innovations.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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But restaurateur Jay Shirodkar has enshrined his latest eats enterprise — Jay’s Steakhouse — in what used to be First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Lauderdale’s busy-buzzy Flagler Village neighborhood.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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“Dealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dealing. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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