variants
also pedlar
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps
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Recent Examples of peddler
Her proximity to political commentator and conspiracy peddler Candace Owens, and her reluctance to distance herself from Owens’ escalating claims, has become a defining — and increasingly uncomfortable — feature of her brand.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
In a matter of a few years this former peddler had opened a store upriver in Donaldsonville, first in his house and then in the town square, and was advertising goods for sale that came from as far away as Cincinnati and New York.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
In a matter of a few years this former peddler had opened a store upriver in Donaldsonville, first in his house and then in the town square, and was advertising goods for sale that came from as far away as Cincinnati and New York.
—Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddler
Noun
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Replacement ballots are being sent to voters to correct the vendor error.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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The event featured carnival rides, games, live entertainment and vendors serving various ethnic food, drinks and desserts.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
18 May 2026
Noun
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That includes face-value pricing for games, where the more enticing games are more expensive, and FIFA’s official secondary market, which takes a 15% fee from the seller and a 15% fee on the buyer.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
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The expansion will also enable more than 16,000 farmers to take their produce directly to customers through sellers on the online marketplace.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
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Instead, the Thunder rave about how Gilgeous-Alexander hasn’t become phased with opposing team’s double teams or for his ‘free-throw merchant’ tag.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Glen Cove merchants say beaches bring business, and the timing is ideal, since warm weather is coming.—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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The fact that Harris and Clinton, two highly qualified women, could lose to an amoral TV huckster tells us that American voters either refuse or are incapable of elevating a woman to the most powerful office in the world.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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First published in 2018, this book by long-time New Yorker writer Paige Williams explores the seedier underbelly of the dinosaur world: the black-market hucksters who illegally collect and auction fossils.—
Steve Brusatte,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
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The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Bring your pastry to Marine Parade’s public lawns for a lakeside lunch in view of street performers, snack carts and thrill ride hawkers.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That trend has led to lower inventory on dealers’ lots, but supply levels haven’t dipped low enough to slow the decline in average listing prices.—
Chris Teague,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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There are stands and places to put art, art that is supposed to sell—and the dealers did sell much of it, many of the purchases topping out in the low-seven figures for this fair.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddler. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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