costermongers

plural of costermonger, British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for costermongers
Noun
  • JPMorgan traders said in a note to clients Friday that the quick downturn in this space may be more due to the sector’s history.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Middle Eastern traders like my father might’ve started to trickle in in search of business opportunities, but me?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These migrants — some whole families, one teenager traveling alone, many young men, a mother with her three young children — had started their journey in Libya, paying smugglers thousands of dollars for this chance to reach Europe.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The smugglers reportedly received £300 per iPhone.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tuesday was filled with intensive coaching and mentorship sessions with Walmart and Sam's Club merchants, sourcing experts and past Open Call alumni about scaling up production, improving packaging, and strengthening their financial and operational readiness.
    Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In 1494, for example, mathematician and ‘father of modern accounting’ Luca Pacioli wrote of Venetian merchants willfully rendering their ledgers illegible.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Surveillance footage reportedly showed young girls hopping fences in what appeared to be attempts to escape.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Guard members have also been tasked with beautification efforts, like collecting trash, spreading mulch and painting fences.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Groucho Marx stars as the new president of Huxley College, who attempts to sign on two pro players to help beat rival Darwin University but ends up getting a pair of bootleggers instead.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Kentucky's vast wilderness and mountainous regions served as hideaways for bootleggers, Rein said, while the government used paid informants to sniff them out.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Given all the anxiety, sometimes sellers who are willing to accommodate buyers’ demands still can’t overcome their cold feet.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Foreign investors and local retail were net sellers of Saudi stocks last week, with local institutional investors the biggest net buyers, based on the latest data from the exchange, Arqaam reported.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their margins are slimmer, their supply chains less diverse and their negotiating power with vendors dampened by the smaller sizes of their orders.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Costermongers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costermongers. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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