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bartering

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verb

present participle of barter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bartering
Noun
No buying, selling or bartering. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025 Whatever Putin is paying or bartering, the Ukraine war has been a bonanza for the Kim regime. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bartering
Noun
  • Warships, mammoth bones and parts of ancient constructions all have emerged from the slumping waters of the Danube, the Rhine and other rivers in the scorching drought that has also disrupted trade, power and water supplies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As the war with Iran continues and both sides seek to control the strait, through which 25% of the world's oil trade transited before the war began in February, oil prices have reached their highest level since July.
    August 20, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This comes several days after Stanford football players created a campus chapter of the College Football Players Association, with the goal of collectively bargaining with the ACC.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
  • No deployment date has been set for Hyundai’s Korean plants at all, so the union is bargaining pre-emptively, trying to lock in protections before the humanoid robots show up rather than after.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Celebrations were also held in provinces across Afghanistan, where Taliban flags and posters emblazoned with slogans in praise of the Taliban’s return to power were displayed along major roads and marketplaces.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • At the time, Rice was an account executive for PadSplit, an online co-living rental marketplace, where users can rent rooms in shared living spaces.
    Diamy Wang August 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • An agent who has paid for exclusive rights to a ZIP code has a direct financial interest in the homeowners in that territory transacting.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Kalshi Trading—and any other principal trading firm transacting on an affiliated exchange—would be forced to only engage with markets by quoting both sides.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Art fairs, collectors’ homes, artists’ studios, galas… The film is a welcoming and entertaining dive amongst the 1% and explores the complicated relationship between artists and commerce.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Pax Mongolica also foreshadowed later forms of global commerce.
    Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Traffic through the waterway remains low and although Iran and Oman are negotiating over the waterway, there are no immediate signs of a deal.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • He may be entitled to dislike the Supreme Court’s answer but he is really not entitled to keep fidgeting with it as though a constitutional Supreme Court judgment were merely a negotiating position.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Joseph Manjack caught a pair of passes for 27 yards on Denver’s opening drive of the third quarter, including an impressive grab over the middle in heavy traffic.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The latest figures mark a slight improvement from the previous week, when traffic was just 4% of pre-war levels, according to the UKMTO.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Despite a recent playoff sweep and significant roster changes under new management, including trading Kevin Durant, the Suns aim to build on last season's surprising playoff appearance with Brooks as a key piece.
    Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Silicon Valley private schools are trading silent auctions for cap tables with a handful of Bay Area campuses now running miniature venture funds steered by parent-investors from Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Battery.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Bartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartering. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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