EXPORTER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

exporter

noun

Definition of exporter

as in distributor

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Recent Examples of exporter Despite being the world’s top apparel exporter, China’s overall outbound shipments are not buoyed by the category. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 July 2026 China, too, has emerged as an exporter of cultural and tourism products. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Wheat prices have started rising because Russia is the world’s largest exporter of grains. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 The plant reached its full capacity of producing 650,000 barrels a day in February, and became the world’s largest exporter of aviation fuel in April, according to S&P Global’s data. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for exporter

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Noun

The nascent distributor Obscured Releasing ultimately picked the movie up earlier this year, and dropped it in select theaters in May.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Neon must have some incredible copyright lawyers, because the distributor is bringing Nirvanna the Band the Show to Hulu beginning on July 24 (and to Disney+ in Canada on August 7).

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 July 2026

Definition of distributor

Noun

Cash payments and explosives After the Machados and Matsumura inherited the property, Chee began expanding his business, aiming to become a major wholesaler and importer of fireworks, prosecutors and others have said.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
Prosecutors say Hammond, who was a pharmacist at Central Pharmacy in Lansing from 2020 to 2024, dispensed and billed a substantial number of female condoms that the pharmacy never received from a wholesaler.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Definition of wholesaler

Noun

Nancy Trautz-Awot, horticulturist at Burpee, a nursery and online retailer selling flowers, vegetables, fruits, and tree plants and seeds, as well as gardening accessories.

— Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026
Expect other big-box retailers with long browse times — home goods, sporting goods, warehouse clubs — to test similar rooms, particularly ones tied to a membership tier.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Definition of retailer

Noun

Making visual campaigns easier can have practical benefits to a small fashion seller or reseller, reducing the need for more costly and time-consuming traditional photoshoots.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Austria and Algeria’s match is even cheaper on reseller websites.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026

Definition of reseller

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The chancellor and his team should use this misstep as inspiration to upend the DOE’s profoundly frustrating, bureaucratic and slow procurement system to save taxpayer dollars and get vendors swiftly paid.

— Lincoln Restler, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
There are seemingly miles of vendors and antiques experts speeding their way from booth-to-booth with a Hulken bag of their wares trailing behind.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

Definition of vendor

Noun

Card authorizations clear within minutes, Pastore said, and the company mines that stream continuously to track consumer spending for economists, banks and merchants.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
His parents were Taishanese immigrants from Guangdong, China, who worked as merchants in San Francisco’s Chinatown before moving back to China.

— Claire Ke, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026

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