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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
  • Meyers' thinking is that as the odds go up of a Democratic party win, investors are getting more nervous about parts of the artificial intelligence trade.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Those options reportedly include tighter economic sanctions and expanding restrictions on Iranian trade.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Equity and Casa Bonita management have been bargaining since April 2025, with the union meeting with management at least once a month, Hoeschen said.
    — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Yet one or more of the P5 could inject new names at the last minute, once again leaving the decision to behind-the-scenes bargaining among a few powerful states.
    — Ian Johnstone, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The vault links storage with selling through external marketplaces, including eBay.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Chicago The Windy City tops the US ranking for walkability from Preply, a language learning marketplace that runs walkability studies across the US, Europe, and Asia.
    — Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines, launched in June 2026 with more than 30 partners including Adyen, Coinbase and Stripe, is built on credentialing, permissioning, transacting and settling.
    — Ran Grushkowsky, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Twelve days later, Amazon blocked Muse from shopping on its site, arguing that third-party agents should identify themselves and obtain a retailer’s permission before transacting on behalf of its customers.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Scott specifically called out the commerce secretary’s role in determining export regulations as a reason for his need to appear.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2026
  • But so far the balance of GOP officials are coming to Lutnick’s defense, suggesting the commerce secretary won’t be going anywhere soon.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The two parties have not merged, but their cooperation effectively gives Eisenkot the negotiating backing of 33 lawmakers — more than Netanyahu's Likud, which remains the largest individual party in the Knesset with 27 seats.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The Florida State Ethics Board found that former mayor Brent Latham may have violated conflicts of interest regulations for accepting gifts from the Argentine soccer association while negotiating the deal.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Vision Zero dollars go toward traffic calming and mobility improvements.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The deputy's statement of facts indicated Chen is an Apple employee and reasonably would have known that Tantau Avenue at noon on a weekday is busy with vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Musk first revealed the Cybertruck in late 2019, back when Tesla was still trading at a theoretically understandable price-to-earning ratio.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • And voters in both parties want to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, concerned that lawmakers are using privileged information to enrich themselves.
    — Thomas Kahn, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Bartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartering. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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