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as in trafficking
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
that store deals in used furniture
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as in negotiating
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price
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as in activity
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Recent Examples of dealing
Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Needless to say, biographers, past and present, have been explosively interested in what that dealing consisted of.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Green Berets and Army Rangers have been busted trafficking cocaine on military planes, dealing drugs at Fort Bragg, working for Mexican cartels, stealing military weapons, committing murders for hire, and carrying out at least two mass shootings.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Verb
This trade is the latest dealing in what has been a flurry of moves for the Eagles in the past month.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Needless to say, biographers, past and present, have been explosively interested in what that dealing consisted of.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
In São Paulo, the NFL star inadvertently collided with star wide receiver Xavier Worthy in the opening minutes, injuring the Texas product and dealing yet another blow to the team’s depth chart at WR, since Rashee Rice is serving a six-game suspension pegged to a high-speed car crash in 2024.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Green Berets and Army Rangers have been busted trafficking cocaine on military planes, dealing drugs at Fort Bragg, working for Mexican cartels, stealing military weapons, committing murders for hire, and carrying out at least two mass shootings.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealing
Verb
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Hollywood has been trafficking in remakes for well over a century, swapping out casts and repackaging stories for each generation.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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William Grayson, 3 Fairland Street, Roxbury, trafficking in cocaine.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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While major pro sports leagues feature a stable arrangement, with unionized players negotiating a CBA and collectively bargained terms exempt from antitrust scrutiny, the opposite is true in college sports.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The official also said that a negotiating team was getting ready to travel, but there was no date specified.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Delegates of Workers United and the company resumed bargaining in April 2024 with the goal of ratifying a new contract by the end of the year, but that never came to pass as negotiations stalled with both sides blaming the other for not coming to the table.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Two Democrats, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Senator John Fetterman, have already backed the Republican bill to keep the government open in the short-term on current terms while fuller appropriations bargaining takes place.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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After a long day of activity, reward the kids with a treat from The Cake Bake Shop or Graeter’s Ice Cream.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Other conferences might consider similar private equity platforms, especially if traditional conference activities (such as scheduling and officiating) remain with conference officials and aren’t entrusted to Wall Street and investor types.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Now, the startup is moving into the ranks of mainstream finance thanks to a $2 billion investment from trading giant Intercontinental Exchange.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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While speaking with John Sabol of Fox 8 in Cleveland on Tuesday, Sanders shared his thoughts on the team trading Flacco, speaking to the kind of impact Flacco had on his young career as a mentor.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ascension Wisconsin patients insured by UnitedHealthcare are scrambling to find new doctors or rearrange their health care plans, after contract negotiations between the health system and insurer failed.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The offer letters for Elevate’s managers of the state Growth Fund also say that the managers can earn interest off the Growth fund as part of their compensation, the audit states, but this potential financial gain was not disclosed to the IEDC during the negotiations over the Growth Fund.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Following the success, Google may be planning to integrate the image model into some of its other apps and services.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Having spent large chunks of the past year digging out from under an avalanche of derision, Stevenson has also tasted the spoils of success with the Bears, a two-time NFC Defensive Player of the Week honoree who, in the past two games, has shown flashes of what his best football looks like.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Initially intended for the streets, the class has evolved to include off-road models in recent years, such as the best-selling Ford F-150 Raptor.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
7 Oct. 2025
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With the decision to hand over the center, the city dropped the idea of selling it.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Dealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dealing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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