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as in wholesaler
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as in laborer
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Recent Examples of jobber
The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.
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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
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
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Lafayette 148 has transitioned from a wholesaler into a primarily direct-to-consumer brand with 26 stores globally, which includes 12 units in North America.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some wholesalers would undoubtedly try to stockpile drugs before tariffs take effect.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, blue-collar or trade laborers are expected to remain essential.—
Eyal Lifshitz,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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On the Mauser Packaging Solutions plant floor, laborers do the dirty work of reconditioning steel containers used to transport chemicals.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Bags of frozen peas and carrots, as well as bags of mixed vegetables sold under the Endico brand, are being recalled after testing conducted by Pennsylvania at a distributor revealed the presence of the bacteria, according to the recall notice.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Genius Sports is the league’s exclusive distributor of real-time, official play-by-play and gambling data to sportsbooks and media companies around the world.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Dollar Tree — The discount retailer fell more than 7% after reporting second-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Although Joybird is mostly an online retailer, the brand has showrooms in 14 cities throughout the US.—
Rachel Wallace,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 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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Illinois is the second-largest corn exporter in the nation.—
Julia Rendleman,
ProPublica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Despite steep tariffs on imports from India, a big diamond exporter, Signet raised its guidance.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fall Block Party at Hotel Dryce Enjoy a night filled with cocktails, food pop-ups from GUSTOS and La Pasadita, and an art vendor market that spills into the street.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Huawei's market share in China jumped to 18% in the second quarter versus 15% in the same period last year, and the company is now the biggest smartphone vendor in China, Counterpoint Research data showed.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Dia browser, a simpler option that allows people to chat with an AI assistant about multiple browser tabs at once, became available in beta in June.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Though the pair eventually found employment—Kornfeind as a trade compliance specialist and Raines as an administrative assistant at their alma mater—these accounts of the gauntlet facing recent college graduates are far from unique.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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