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also salespersons
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 position with the most job openings in July in San Diego County was retail salespersons, with 1,648 ads, according to state data that aggregates job postings during the month.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salespeople
Noun
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The action takes place at a real estate firm where a trainer reveals that only the top two salesmen will keep their jobs by the end of the week.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Dec. 2025
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Good on Dale ignoring tech salesmen hawking equipment that means good men will get laid off.—
William Earl,
Variety,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The most recent complaint against Merriam asserts that clerks have begun leaving Merriam’s staff or declining employment because of concern about mistreatment.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
1 Jan. 2026
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But the recent complaint from the Legal Accountability Project suggests that the concerns of clerks on the Second Circuit persist.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Salespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salespeople. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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