jobber

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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
  • In 2012, drought was building, and San Diego CWA largely relied on a single wholesaler, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, for its water purchases.
    Sara Sutherland, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
  • Costco, the discount wholesaler, is the most challenging.
    Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • For human crews, this transformation removes them from hazardous sparks and toxic fumes, shifting their roles from manual laborers to supervisors of a faster, tireless robotic workforce.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Then, in a pre-dawn operation, the laborers draped the scaffolding in tarpaulin, before removing the giant metallic letters.
    Frank Langfitt, NPR, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • The drug distributor is the top-performing healthcare stock in the S & P 500 this week.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • The decision clears the way for Paramount to become the largest theatrical distributor in the country and own a top five streamer by subscriber count unless the merger is stopped by another entity.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The retailer currently has licensed merchandise featuring teams from the NBA, NFL and the NCAA.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
  • Farm Rich Pizza Cheese Crunchers, sold at retailers like Walmart and Kroger, were initially pulled from shelves in May due to potential metal contamination.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • What is the return for the employee, e.g. less drudge work, faster decisions, more time for higher-value tasks?
    Stephen Wunker, Forbes.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.
    Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The United States has long been the world’s largest arms exporter, and a worrisome order backlog has accrued for the country’s weapons.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 17 June 2026
  • That’s why the United States can be a major exporter and still import crude oil.
    Dan Eberhart, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Her two assistants, Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, are also American women.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 June 2026
  • Parker, a former Eagles assistant, has risen quickly through the NFL coaching ranks and now faces a tough task with a roster full of new faces and high expectations.
    Briana Aldridge, CBS News, 18 June 2026

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“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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