EXPORTER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

exporter

noun

Definition of exporter

as in distributor

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Recent Examples of exporter The attacks on airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, has rattled markets and the region. — Samy Magdy, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 The attacks on Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, have rattled markets and the region. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Nigeria is Africa’s top crude oil producer and exporter, with sales accounting for around 90% of foreign exchange earnings. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 But the President has not yet followed through on such an action, which would cut off global supplies from the world’s largest diesel exporter and likely worsen shortages around the world. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exporter

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Noun

The unconventional financing structure did not prevent the filmmakers from securing a traditional theatrical distributor.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Siddiq puts out multiple specials a year on YouTube, to millions of views, while helping to uplift up-and-coming comics as an executive producer and distributor for their specials.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of distributor

Noun

Those first computers, developed during the Second World War, evoked the basement warehouses of a chandelier wholesaler.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The wholesaler recently brought back its fan-favorite twisted churro, ending a two-year hiatus, The Observer reported.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of wholesaler

Noun

Banks, retailers, delivery companies, and public services may all depend on the same cloud provider for parts of their digital operations, meaning a disruption can spread across multiple industries.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The family has also worked to import products directly to keep prices competitive with large retailers, like Party City and Spirit Halloween.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of retailer

Noun

Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary theorist and author of the groundbreaking best seller The Selfish Gene (1976), among many other books, appears to have gone a bit mad.

— James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
But their delightfully fragrant teas, conveniently sold as a bundle of two of the brand's best sellers here, could make a tea lover out of anyone.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of seller

Noun

Under that unique arrangement between the league, team and venue, the Jaguars are responsible for game day staffing, vendors, operations, ticketing, concessions and more.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
With the vendors already finished, a last-minute review revealed a sweat stain under Spider-Man’s arm.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of vendor

Noun

After a grueling couple of days for tech stocks—propelled by drama and speculation around CoreWeave’s debt—traders bought the dip in the last 24 hours and stocks rose globally.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Aside from the change in volume, the mere announcement of the ban had an immediate impact on diesel prices among European traders, as noted by the Moscow Times at the time.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

Another tricky thing about the Arizona site was that it had been severed from its links to local merchants.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The wreckage may have come from a schooner barge, a type of merchant vessel commonly used to transport cargo along the East Coast during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Robinson said.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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