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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The vendor said some other things that were unintelligible because of the overlap between her live speech and the lagging translation.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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There will be trick-or-treating, costume contests, spook-tacular inflatables, Halloween crafts and vendor booths to connect with families with community resources.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To the average consumer, converging with the world’s most prominent marketplace may not seem dire, but its anticompetitive practices can be especially brutal on these sellers.—
Mara Weinraub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Full disclosure, Deadline and TIFF worked together on a networking event in Cannes as the latter continued its outreach to TV buyers and sellers.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
17 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
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In a personal tie, her paternal ancestors were the owners of the woollen manufacturer and merchant, William Lupton & Co, which was based in Leeds.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI said at the time that more than one million Shopify merchants, including Skims and Glossier, would be coming soon.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 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
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Cameron Barr, owner of Craft + Tailored and a longtime vintage watch dealer, served as the film’s horological advisor—and ended up playing himself on screen.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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For the units facing issues with seat belts, vehicle dealers will check the seat belt parts and make replacements if needed, and also remove nearby carpet sections that touch the cables, NHTSA said.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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