as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers
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Recent Examples of huckster
Del Toro was such an amiable huckster.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
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
While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
How to tell a true from a false prophet, the real Christ, returned in glory, from a dime-store messiah with a huckster’s charm?
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for huckster
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
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
While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
How to tell a true from a false prophet, the real Christ, returned in glory, from a dime-store messiah with a huckster’s charm?
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for huckster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huckster
Noun
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That suggests the business, which has already shown significant improvement as vendors resumed shipping goods, will be on a much firmer footing once the reorganization is finally completed.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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Customer choice Even with Anthropic jumping out to a big lead and OpenAI racing to catch up, users of coding tools are regularly experimenting with multiple options, and there’s very little vendor lock-in.—
Jennifer Elias,Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Long-term holders — defined as those who have held onto their coins for at least 155 days, or about five months — were largely inactive from February to April but have turned into sellers in recent weeks, Compass Point analyst Ed Engel said in a note Tuesday.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Stacks of pancakes and with sausage, bacon or livermush are also top sellers.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 May 2026
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Others say a Chicago street peddler named Anthony Ferreri first sliced the beef into paper-thin pieces so 15 pounds could serve 50 people.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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After cementing a consecutive MVP season as a three-level scorer, playmaker, and yes, free-throw merchant, Gilgeous Alexander looked remarkably ineffective against the Spurs.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Participating merchants generally must fill out a refund document, and will need the traveler’s passport (or, sometimes, a photo of the passport) to do so, Steves wrote.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Singapore’s hawker culture is even recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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Maxwell Food Centre, Lau Pa Sat and Old Airport Road are among the most popular hawker centers in the city.—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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The fair’s growing Parisian footprint remains one of its defining features, with major local dealers including Mennour, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Galerie Lelong, Perrotin, Almine Rech, Crèvecœur, mor charpentier, galerie frank elbaz, and Galerie Christophe Gaillard all returning.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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Camp Lucy was born when former antiques dealer and real estate developer Whit Hanks restored the ornate chapel on his family’s property in 2008.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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