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bartering

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verb

present participle of barter

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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
  • Everything was building over the past two years, from the historic in-season overhaul two seasons ago to the high-profile additions ahead of the March trade deadline, towards a championship run this spring.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • Then to add insult to injury, Harrison — one of the players acquired in last summer’s Rafael Devers trade — has broken out as a potential Cy Young Award contender in Milwaukee.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • Hollywood’s actors and writers unions, after winning AI protections in bargaining with studios, remain concerned about the potential misuse of the tech.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • The nurses have been bargaining with the hospital for more than a year, according to the union, and have faced multiple unfair labor practices against union supporters.
    Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Given the precedent set by the successes of Civil War and Marty Supreme, viewers should expect Backrooms to have the same sort of theatrical-to-PVOD window and arrive in the home entertainment marketplace after 45 days in theaters, which would mean a July 14 digital streaming release.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • In the eighties, Hollywood had begun dipping its toes into the evangelical-Christian marketplace, looking to tap into a demographic that numbered roughly eighty million people.
    Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • The cost of transacting in public equities rises for everyone without a private information channel.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Under California law, companies that are suspended by state tax officials are legally barred from transacting any business.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The announcement marks another step in Meta’s broader effort to expand generative AI across its consumer and business ecosystem as messaging platforms increasingly evolve into commerce hubs.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • One such project was live commerce à la QVC via streaming, which no customers were asking Macy’s for.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between the US and Iran in recent months during the war in the Middle East, playing a leading role in negotiating a temporary ceasefire in April.
    Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • College hockey already is negotiating a tumultuous era.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The new feature comes amid consternation from website operators and creators that Google’s AI summaries have eroded the volume of referral traffic coming from the search portal.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • The economic strain is triggering a broader pullback in consumer spending and retail traffic.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • At 25 years old, the whisky’s youthful vibrancy deepens, trading sharp green notes for profound, mellow complexity.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Active investing has zero commission fees for trading stocks and ETFs (exchange and fund management fees may apply).
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 30 May 2026

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“Bartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bartering. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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