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Recent Examples of pitchman
Cash4Gold, a trader that usually relied on cheaply made direct response commercials, in 2009 made a Super Bowl ad that used celebrity pitchman Ed McMahon and rapper MC Hammer.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
Saban retired two years ago from Alabama and now serves as an ESPN analyst – as well as a pitchman for Aflac and Vrbo.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
But with his broadcast duties, the Hall of Fame quarterback has been more of a pitchman and advisor than hands-on architect.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
An avuncular, Dairy-Queen-eating, Coke-drinking product pitchman.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
Saban retired two years ago from Alabama and now serves as an ESPN analyst – as well as a pitchman for Aflac and Vrbo.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
But with his broadcast duties, the Hall of Fame quarterback has been more of a pitchman and advisor than hands-on architect.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
An avuncular, Dairy-Queen-eating, Coke-drinking product pitchman.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitchman
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Why are so many celebrities emerging as liquor pitchmen and pitchwomen?—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2023
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Viola Davis was a rousing pitchwoman for The Woman King at TIFF, and the 57-year-old Oscar winner’s transformation into a brawny action star should not be underestimated.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2022
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Even as physicians began to professionalize care during the nineteenth century, most people were purchasing remedies from hucksters.—
Dr. Marschall Runge,
Forbes.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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The best parts are the musical ones, of course, but there's plenty of deliciously trashy John Waters-style cheese happening too, with silly subplots and exaggerated teen stereotypes (nerd, huckster, prep, secretly beautiful girl with glasses) all adding up to the perfect party movie.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Mar. 2026
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How did Carolyn Bessette start working for Calvin Klein? After graduating from Boston University in 1988, Bessette stuck around the city to work as a saleswoman at a Calvin Klein store and moonlight as a marketer for nightclubs.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Something tells us this furniture saleswoman should quit her day job.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
29 Sep. 2025
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After the purchase, the salesgirl wished Carolyn good luck.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Against this backdrop, the unhappy Angine shops compulsively in a department store and develops a fascination with a playful salesgirl.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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The saleslady wears a glitter cloth mask, long glitter fingernails and a blond dye job that’s tinted her scalp.—
Mitchell S. Jackson,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2023
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Molly and the saleslady peruse the sequins while my son grows increasingly dysregulated.—
Melissa Petro,
Time,
3 Nov. 2022
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While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn is recruited as a studio model and soon catches the eye of the preeminent artists of the age.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Two People Exchanging Saliva: In a futuristic black-and-white dystopia where kissing is outlawed and slaps are currency, a wealthy woman and the shopgirl who sells her clothing tempt the status quo.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Pitchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitchman. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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