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as in wholesaler
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as in laborer
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Recent Examples of jobber
Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
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Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 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
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
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
The antipathy to horsemeat is fast vanishing, says Jim Augustine, the East Bay’s one and only mustang meat jobber.
—Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 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
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
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
The antipathy to horsemeat is fast vanishing, says Jim Augustine, the East Bay’s one and only mustang meat jobber.
—Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobber
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Shoppers flock to the heart of Los Angeles’ Fashion District to see what’s on sale and get the latest styles from wholesalers and entrepreneurs, whose colorful goods spread out from the squat, industrial-looking stores.—
Norma Galeana,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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And keep in mind that more than 70% of the products that wholesalers and retailers sell on Amazon are produced in China.—
Oyku Ilgar,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Authorities had alleged that Haskell had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Farmworker advocates said Friday afternoon that one laborer had died from injuries sustained after falling from the roof of a greenhouse at Glass House cannabis operation while trying to escape federal agents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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His career spans senior roles in London and Los Angeles within broadcasters, production companies and distributors, including positions at BBC Studios, Shine International and RDF.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Recall is a voluntary action that takes place because manufacturers and distributors carry out their responsibility to protect the public health and well-being from products that present a risk of injury or gross deception or are otherwise defective.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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Jackson hoped that the exhibition would counter the misconception that medieval women were universally downtrodden drudges.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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The president was also reportedly happy to keep duties on the auto sector at 25%, a move that would hurt car exporters in Germany particularly hard.—
Holly Ellyatt,Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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China is the world’s top exporter of school supplies, equating $1.4 billion, while the U.S. is the top importer of plastic school and office supplies, equating $467 million.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 July 2025
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By selecting anchor platforms that allow super users to enable features without coding expertise or vendor intervention, your organization reduces costs and maintains greater strategic control over HR technology.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Officials say the contract with vendor Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., expired July 5 and the village chose not to renew it.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Elsewhere in the Cox Pavilion were multiple representatives of the Magic front office including president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman, general manager Anthony Parker and assistant GM Stephen Mervis.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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The assistant can summarize emails from important senders, analyze social media posts and even provide calendar management and navigation advice.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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That promise, Plaza merchants and area residents say, so far is being kept.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 July 2025
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Competition between these companies has intensified this year, with all three expanding their delivery networks and pledging billions in subsidies to merchants and consumers.—
Dylan Butts,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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