jobber

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of jobber The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025 Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park. Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023 There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind. Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023 Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021 Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada. Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019 The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019 For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered. Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018 The City had its freewheeling parts—such as the euro markets—but the stock market was carved up by British brokers and jobbers, with Hogwartian names such as Ackroyd & Smithers. Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobber
Noun
  • That translates into an opportunity for Costco to expand its share of the market, and membership rolls, by targeting a customer segment who might not have thought of the wholesaler as a place to buy home furnishings or high-end products before.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The shop forwards your order to a manufacturer or wholesaler.
    Kurt Knutsson may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links., FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The number of civil engineers and skilled laborers is shrinking.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Soledad was born in the 1960s at Xcanchacán, where her father worked as a laborer.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After the state distributor Embrafilme was dismantled in 1990, national production nearly collapsed, silencing a generation of filmmakers.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Once a rough cut of the film was ready, I was invited to watch it with a handful of people, including Spike Jonze’s mother and a French film distributor.
    Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For those who are ready to trade in their simple drip coffee set up for something a bit more advanced, Seattle Coffee Gear is a great independent retailer for coffee-brewing appliances and accessories.
    Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There are discounts on all manner of sets, courtesy of Amazon and other retailers.
    Chris McMullen, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Offload drudge work and risky tasks so humans can focus on safer, more creative work.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jackson hoped that the exhibition would counter the misconception that medieval women were universally downtrodden drudges.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The results indicate that global trade with Africa has been more resilient than economists had predicted following the imposition of US tariffs, with the continent’s largest international exporter — South Africa — still facing 30% tariffs on exports to the US.
    Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The textile sector has long operated on an unlevel global playing field, yet through innovation, automation, and research and development, the industry has secured the United States’ spot as the second largest textile exporter in the world.
    Kimberly Glas, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All spending was re-evaluated, vendor contracts renegotiated, staffing reduced and space consolidated to save maintenance costs.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The coin- and credit-card-operated vendor carries up to 200 items, from olive oil to computer discs to sandwiches to toothpaste (storing the perishables at a frosty 35 degrees F).
    Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Financial advisory and consultancy Deloitte has inked a deal to bring the AI assistant Claude to the firm's more than 470,000 employees globally, a rollout that CNBC reports is the largest-ever enterprise deployment for the AI startup.
    John Kell, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • So many Steves… A freak occurrence at Blackpool, where Steve Bruce was sacked as head coach, along with assistant Steve Agnew and coach Stephen Clemence.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on jobber

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!