salespeople

variants also salespersons
Definition of salespeoplenext
plural of salesperson
as in salesmen
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom

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Recent Examples of salespeople The profession with the most open job ads was retail salespersons, with 1,616. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026 In 2025, a staggering 623,000 people claimed to be home health and personal assistants, making it by far the biggest occupation in the state, far outstripping retail salespersons, nurses or cashiers and waitresses. Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
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Noun
  • How many salesmen believed the goal was attainable or even worth chasing?
    Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Its tie-wearing salesmen know not only shoes, but generations of New Yorkers’ feet.
    New York Times, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • The rental chain is far from dead, thanks to one of its original clerks.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Local clerks and municipal employees are responsible for the day-to-day work of administering elections.
    Stephanie Leiser, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Salespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salespeople. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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