as in clerk
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch
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Recent Examples of salesman
The group was founded by Mark Davis, a former bail bonds salesman in the nearby city of Modesto who was himself banned from a different group dedicated to local news in 2019.
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Ulysses Ortega, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Tina ran a successful beauty salon in Houston, and her husband, Matthew, was a talented salesman.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
McVeigh had previously worked as an armored truck driver and then briefly took a job as a gun salesman, per The Washington Post.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Mild-mannered salesman Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy) and his vivacious wife, Cookie (Catherine O’Hara), happily prepare their Norwich Terrier, while shop owner Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest) hopes his Bloodhound wins top prize.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2025
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Ulysses Ortega, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Tina ran a successful beauty salon in Houston, and her husband, Matthew, was a talented salesman.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
McVeigh had previously worked as an armored truck driver and then briefly took a job as a gun salesman, per The Washington Post.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Mild-mannered salesman Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy) and his vivacious wife, Cookie (Catherine O’Hara), happily prepare their Norwich Terrier, while shop owner Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest) hopes his Bloodhound wins top prize.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
Noun
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Court documents suggest Dugan was alerted to the agents' presence by her clerk, who was informed by an attorney that the agents appeared to be in the hallway.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
13 May 2025
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The ‘Appellate Guru’: Alexandra A.E. Shapiro Founding partner of New York firm Shapiro Arato Bach, Shapiro began her legal career more than 30 years ago serving as one of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s first clerks.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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She's been a race director, a recruiter for Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a salesperson for a major pharmaceutical company, a blogger for Moogfest, a communications manager for Mission Health, a fitness instructor, and a health coach.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
8 May 2025
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Imagine a salesperson spending five hours a day doing follow-ups, research, and data entry.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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