pushers

plural of pusher

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushers
Noun
  • Palantir was working with federal prosecutors and the SEC to catch insider traders by finding unusual patterns in trading data that humans missed.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The yield on the 10-year Treasury note sank to a five-month low after the release as traders priced in multiple interest rate cuts before year-end.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nicolas Niarchos, checking a piece by Ben Taub, called up one of the most powerful smugglers in the Sahel, who cheerfully confirmed every detail, including his trafficking of humans.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The island chain is along routes that smugglers use to import cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics into the United States.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • No real effort is made to stop audio bootleggers, and pristine tapes of these shows have emerged, but the video documentation is scattershot and borderline unwatchable since the rule-breakers are often miles from the stage and forced to film at covert angles.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sharon Stone co-stars as a mob boss with a few screws loose — her gang of bootleggers toggles with Hutch, threatening to ruin everyone’s R&R.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Barriers have been set up even further, while some fences for traffic were painted in rainbow colors to make the controls feel more festive.
    Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Imagine rolling through the coolest zoo ever if zoos had no fences.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So what separates the side hustles earning perpetual income from the rest, and what should aspiring e-commerce side-hustlers expect along the way?
    Rytis Lauris, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Pushers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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