as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art
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Recent Examples of hawker
The street hawkers have yet to set up shop.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Shifting Baselines | Julian Elie | USA | U.S. Premiere
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Singapore thrives in contrast—where tropical rainforest meets a gleaming skyline, and sizzling hawker stalls hum beneath soaring glass domes.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
In wealthy Medellin, hawkers have transformed onetime local drug lord Pablo Escobar into a mascot for touristic trinkets.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Shifting Baselines | Julian Elie | USA | U.S. Premiere
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Singapore thrives in contrast—where tropical rainforest meets a gleaming skyline, and sizzling hawker stalls hum beneath soaring glass domes.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
In wealthy Medellin, hawkers have transformed onetime local drug lord Pablo Escobar into a mascot for touristic trinkets.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawker
Noun
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After a photo of Gilbert showing her inside a crate began to spread online, people reported the vendor to local law enforcement, prompting an evaluation by Warren County Animal Control.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The families were then confronted by the unpaid vendors, sometimes on the day of the event, prosecutors said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Brands frequently encounter obstacles, including the requirement for notarized test purchases and the treatment of each infringement as a separate case, even when multiple listings from the same seller are involved.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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This imbalance between supply and demand, with sellers outnumbering buyers by more than 500,000, has helped shift many markets in favor of the latter.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere in Episode 5: Gut Milk peddler Ursula casually mentions that building staff can’t rely on tips anymore.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
23 Sep. 2025
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In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To join the program, merchants can head to OpenAI's website.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Tang, who leads the DoorDash Labs automation and robotics unit, said Dot is a solution to increasingly complex deliveries, and attempts to open the technology to local merchants.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Conjuring–verse is an exercise in branding, the brainchild of master hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To remedy this recall, dealers will update the software free of charge.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Maura is marvelous stomping around the apartment in a cold fury and refusing to speak to Clara, who proceeds regardless with broker negotiations and brings in antiques dealer Abslam (Ahmed Boulane) to buy up the contents.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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