as in clerk
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch
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Recent Examples of salesman
Kumail Nanjiani weaponizes workplace desperation into vibrant tension as rival Toyota salesman Peyton, while Kate Berlant and Colin Jost elevate the surrounding community of neighborly archetypes through charisma alone.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
An array of familiar comedy faces clog up the film’s periphery, including Colin Jost as Conor, the town’s seemingly only other stay-at-home dad, and Kumail Nanjiani as Peyton, a competing Toyota salesman.
—Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 27 May 2026
The City, for example, includes the German President Paul von Hindenburg, passing by in a motorcar, as well as circus folk and Roma and a regal Turkish mousetrap salesman who might have been painted by Goya.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
His father was a machinery salesman who is sometimes credited with introducing the gasoline engine to north Arkansas.
—Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
An array of familiar comedy faces clog up the film’s periphery, including Colin Jost as Conor, the town’s seemingly only other stay-at-home dad, and Kumail Nanjiani as Peyton, a competing Toyota salesman.
—Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 27 May 2026
The City, for example, includes the German President Paul von Hindenburg, passing by in a motorcar, as well as circus folk and Roma and a regal Turkish mousetrap salesman who might have been painted by Goya.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
His father was a machinery salesman who is sometimes credited with introducing the gasoline engine to north Arkansas.
—Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
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The estimated number of outstanding ballots to be processed is 148,100, according to the registrar-recorder/county clerk as of the June 8 ballot count update.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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As part of the deal, prosecutors dropped a felony charge of embezzlement by a clerk or agent, along with an enhancement alleging aggravating circumstances.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2026
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An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.—
Vikram Joshi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The profession with the most open job ads was retail salespersons, with 1,616.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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