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salespeople

noun

variants also salespersons
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salespeople
  1. salesmen
  2. clerks
Noun
  • Yes, some production was generated against future pharmaceutical salesmen, but the efficiency is difficult to ignore.
    — Brad Evans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • How many salesmen believed the goal was attainable or even worth chasing?
    — Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of salesmen
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Brown, a former security official with the Michigan Department of State, said her group has hired former CISA employees to help provide training and other support to election clerks and fill the gap.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • While Thursday was the first day clerks could send vote-by-mail ballots, Johnson said they weren’t required to mail them on that day.
    — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of clerks

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“Salespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salespeople. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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