as in vendors
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 hawkers
While dozens of hawkers normally fill that third -of-a-mile-long stretch, only two stands were open for business a day after the raids.
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Daniella Silva, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
There also did not appear to be many hawkers, who stand on the sidewalk with binders filled with photographs of different items that are later retrieved from a storefront, storage bin or other location upon request.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
Of those who stay, more than eighty per cent work in the informal sector—as domestic servants, street hawkers, porters, cleaners.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The street hawkers have yet to set up shop.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 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
Daniella Silva, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
There also did not appear to be many hawkers, who stand on the sidewalk with binders filled with photographs of different items that are later retrieved from a storefront, storage bin or other location upon request.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
Of those who stay, more than eighty per cent work in the informal sector—as domestic servants, street hawkers, porters, cleaners.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The street hawkers have yet to set up shop.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkers
Noun
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With a lineup of 15 vendors, it will be hosted by celebrity chef-author Clarice Lam (Kaya in Orlando) and chefs Diego Ng (Temple Street Eatery) and Alex Kuk (Wan’s).—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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Three primary memory vendors — Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and their businesses are benefitting from the surge in demand.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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Shop the game-changing eye cream for $95, as well as other best sellers, like the Pure Radiance Oil and and the Pure Radiance Body Oil.—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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The items typically come from international third-party sellers who obtain addresses online.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
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Operating at the extreme fringes is also an effective strategy for maximizing exposure in the algorithm, which explains why popular influencers such as the Nelk Boys and Jake Paul started their YouTube careers as prank peddlers, before leaning into more overtly political content.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That likely will see merchants pass on price hikes in the coming days for goods directly on to consumers, whose life savings already have dwindled over years of international sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The payments were announced amid widespread protests that included merchants, traders and university students, according to the Times.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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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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“Hawkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawkers. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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