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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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What is the Producer Price Index? U.S. producer prices – which are paid by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers – unexpectedly fell 0.5% last month, the largest decline in five years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and JPMorgan Chase.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Any goods exported to the EU will require DPPs, meaning importers, wholesalers and marketplaces trading in the EU market will also have to ensure the maintenance of DPPs, with fines for those who do not comply.—
Kristin Savilia,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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But, as Levi history tells it, the wife of a local laborer came to Davis asking for pants that wouldn’t fall apart.—
Catherine Salfino,
Sourcing Journal,
8 May 2025
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Vita's Ukrainian mother (my grandmother) survived as an orphan for two years under German occupation and barely evaded being carted off to Germany to work as a forced laborer.—
Sasha Vasilyuk,
Time,
8 May 2025
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These medication counterfeiters and distributors often work closely with packaging counterfeiters.—
Robert Glatter,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Clark may already be the best passer and distributor in the history of the game.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 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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In other words, exactly the type of drudge work that corporates have outsourced for decades to offshore teams from the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Infosys.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes,
4 Feb. 2025
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But beyond its turquoise waters, Honduras is a powerhouse of coffee production, consistently ranking as one of Central America's largest coffee exporters.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The tariffs aren’t just impacting shoppers—exporters, too, have had their confidence dinged by rapidly shifting trade policy and mercurial consumer confidence.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
22 May 2025
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This ongoing analysis requires more from software vendors than just running a vulnerability scanner and applying patches.—
Vincent Danen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Pedicabs careened between skyscrapers blasting reggaeton and carrying giddy groups of fans to Mint and Graham streets, where vendors hawked tacos and arepas, and Spanish felt an awful lot like the most prevalent language being spoken.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2025
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The 64-year-old has worked behind the scenes in the television industry, including roles as a production assistant and camera operator.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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The film’s assistant director, David Halls, secured a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of negligent handling of a gun.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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Products appear in a store tab on the merchant's YouTube profile, facilitating seamless shopping experiences.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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China now has the world’s largest merchant and naval fleets.—
John Garamendi,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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