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bartering

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verb

present participle of barter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bartering
Noun
  • President Donald Trump just enacted a new wave of tariffs on dozens of America’s trading partners, marking a substantial escalation in ongoing trade tensions that could constitute the biggest change to the global economy in nearly a century.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Other notable happenings in the Physical AI space include: In the midst of U.S. sanctions and a trade war, the Chinese government is investing heavily in creating an invention ecosystem around physical AI.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Forbes’ methodology and assessment process was designed by an editorial team with broad experience in law practice and knowledge of the legal marketplace.
    Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Frederiksen said innovation and applied technology catered to the strength of the university’s traditional portfolio and what the marketplace is looking for.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The new rules will also impact businesses transacting with SMEs.
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Except that buyers and sellers alike increasingly disdain transacting with and selling for cash.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • That’s why the first phase of the AI commerce wars has been defined less by mass adoption — and more by defensive moves to block competitors from building better agents.
    Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Under that same law, the commerce secretary can conduct a mid-decade census, in 2025, but the results can't be used for redistributing each state's share of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and votes in the Electoral College.
    Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The company is negotiating with strategic investors and commercial lenders to provide additional capital for the expansion of HOPE clinics.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On October 7, 2023, I was called to duty to manage traffic so that first responders and military could respond swiftly to the atrocities that took place.
    Eyal Shamir, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That incident had effectively closed off traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore for more than two months, forcing vessels to reroute instead to other East Coast ports including the Ports of New York & New Jersey, the Port of Virginia and the Port of Philadelphia.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As of Friday's close, shares of American Eagle were down more than 27% so far this year as the company grapples with larger macroeconomic concerns related to tariffs, consumer spending and its own merchandising missteps.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Filling this gap in the licensed sports merchandising market was also a way to inspire new generations of viewers with a trendy take on game-day apparel.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Bartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartering. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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