merchants

plural of merchant

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Recent Examples of merchants Michael Steinberg, a landscaper and owner of a nursery business who became one of the nation’s top department store merchants for two-and-a-half decades, passed away on Saturday following a long illness. David Moin, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025 For now, there’s decent money in it for slop merchants. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025 These rewards are also funded by the fees that credit card companies charge merchants every time any customer pays with a card. Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025 Some merchants do not accept virtual cards. Ayana Hyman, Refinery29, 17 Oct. 2025 Back in the early 1900s, before the United Arab Emirates was even a country, merchants from India and Iran began hawking gems and precious metals by the twisting waterway known as Dubai Creek. Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025 British and American merchants were safe, Polish people in Haiti were welcomed into the new nation, and even the reports of the number of French people killed undermine each other. Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025 At the corner of Saratoga Avenue and Lawrence Expressway, Sand Hill Property has embarked on a wide-ranging redevelopment of El Paseo de Saratoga that includes homes and new merchants, such as Whole Foods Market, according to Sand Hill Property and public documents. George Avalos, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025 Tuesday was filled with intensive coaching and mentorship sessions with Walmart and Sam's Club merchants, sourcing experts and past Open Call alumni about scaling up production, improving packaging, and strengthening their financial and operational readiness. Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchants
Noun
  • Rosner at Goldman Sachs also said that traders can bank on another cut in December, especially given the lack of economic data for central bank policymakers to weigh.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Today, the bikemaker has more than 5,000 dealers in India alone, with a global presence in more than 90 countries, and five manufacturing facilities spread out across the globe to meet that demand.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Children unfamiliar with the world in time become easy marks for the dealers in fascist politics and quack religions.
    Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Merchants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchants. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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