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as in bargaining
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as in activity
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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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Recent Examples of dealing
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 June 2026
The Padres’ farm system, depleted from all of Preller’s wheeling and dealing, is the worst in baseball, according to The Athletic’s Keith Law.
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Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
In a stunning vote last June, the Board of Governors rejected Ono’s appointment, dealing Hosseini one of the most significant political setbacks of his tenure.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Noun
Sorsby has sued the NCAA for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 June 2026
The Padres’ farm system, depleted from all of Preller’s wheeling and dealing, is the worst in baseball, according to The Athletic’s Keith Law.
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Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Verb
Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.
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Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
In a stunning vote last June, the Board of Governors rejected Ono’s appointment, dealing Hosseini one of the most significant political setbacks of his tenure.
—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealing
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Other leagues have a collective-bargaining agreement in which rules and infractions are agreed upon in collaboration with the players.
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Pavel has bargaining power because of his 30-goal season, the rising cap and the Bruins’ lack of center supply.
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Over the next year, expect to see a few more invasive BCI companies launch similar clinical trials with the goal of translating mental activity into spoken words.
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Several of the deaths were attributed to a variety of human activities, such as boat strikes.
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Kara and Ruthye figure out the Brigands are trafficking young women for dastardly purposes, giving them yet another reason to smack some dudes around.
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Gladys Charcas, a community leader in Puerto Boyaca, has been working with the current government on a program to register the land of small farmers, but fled to Bogotá in March after receiving death threats from a drug-trafficking organization.
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Much of the present state, Taylor notes, is a result of historic misalignment of incentives, between a retailer’s trade teams—some of whom are focused on negotiating margins from suppliers in exchange for promotions and the retail media teams whose charge is to generate new revenue.
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Esmail Qaani, the commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, offered his gratitude and personal endorsement to Ghalibaf and the rest of the negotiating team.
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Restricting the key waterway, which is crucial to the world's oil supply and has become one of the main points of negotiation in the war, comes amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, according to Iran's top military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
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District officials said compensation increases for all employee groups were approved together as part of the same negotiations process.
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And the game overall is the latest in a mini stretch of recent success.
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The success has not changed another of Kelly’s trademarks, which is to show as little emotion on the mound as possible, which means pretty much none.
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Angels owner Arte Moreno has no interest in trading him.
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Could the Boston Celtics or another team ruin the Heat’s plan, swooping in and trading for Antetokounmpo this offseason and getting a long-term commitment from him?
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The transaction was completed on May 11.
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Some apps rely heavily on automation and bank account syncing to categorize transactions and track spending with minimal effort.
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“Dealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dealing. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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