chaffer

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Verb
  • As for the second-round picks dealt, each previously was gained in trades, one from the Max Strus sign-and-trade transaction with the Cleveland Cavaliers, one from last season’s trade of Thomas Bryant to the Indiana Pacers.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2025
  • Update: This article was updated on July 11, 2025 to note that Ferrero and its affiliates have acquired at least 21 companies in 9 countries since 2015, with eight deals in the U.S. since 2017 before the WK Kellogg deal.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The Drake Equation, created in 1961 by astronomer Frake Drake, is a way researchers guesstimate how many alien civilizations might be chatting out there in the Milky Way.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • On the outing, the couple was photographed walking together side-by-side, chatting and smiling.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • After putting together a career-best season, Norman Powell expected to negotiate a contract extension with the Los Angeles Clippers.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • Derby has reportedly offered Charlotte FC an $8 million transfer fee, which if accepted, would allow the English club to negotiate with Agyemang on a contract.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The personable Harris is an easy athlete with whom to converse and should assimilate well into the B’s locker room.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
  • Apple spent most of WWDC going over smaller machine learning features, but did not reveal what investors and consumers increasingly want: A sophisticated Siri that can converse fluidly and get stuff done, like making a restaurant reservation.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • According to the outlet, Diana was known to use her getaway during the last year of her life to bargain with paparazzi, who were eager to take photos of her in stylish swimsuits.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
  • Whether Drescher or someone else, the person leading the guild next year will have a herculean task ahead of them as SAG-AFTRA returns to the negotiating table with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which collectively bargains on behalf of the major Hollywood studios.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Not talking an exceptionally high level; not the top-shelf stuff.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
  • Tempest, grateful for his schoolboy French, paused to talk to her.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • Unlike at a traditional car dealership, there is no haggling over price.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
  • Try your hand at haggling at the famous Temple Street Night Market.
    Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • The squirrel, however, is quicker—leaping up a tree and chattering in irritation from a safe distance.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
  • Critics and the chattering masses on Instagram will have another chance to weigh in as the designers’ first collections hit the runway.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
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“Chaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaffer. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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