as in storekeeper
someone who owns or manages a shop or store
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Recent Examples of shopkeeper
He was arrested in November 1957 after the body of local hardware store owner and shopkeeper Bernice Worden, 58, was found hanging from hooks and mutilated in his shed.
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Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In August 2023, Otano was found guilty of the armed kidnapping of Jose Ortega-Gutierrez, a man known to police and considered a nuisance by shopkeepers at a Hialeah strip mall.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
In the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, Alain Mukumiro argues in a small wooden hut with a shopkeeper who refuses to take his money.
—Janvier Barhahiga, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
White men kidnapped, tortured, shot, and dumped him in a river for whistling at a white shopkeeper.
—Debbie Elliott, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
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Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In August 2023, Otano was found guilty of the armed kidnapping of Jose Ortega-Gutierrez, a man known to police and considered a nuisance by shopkeepers at a Hialeah strip mall.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
In the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, Alain Mukumiro argues in a small wooden hut with a shopkeeper who refuses to take his money.
—Janvier Barhahiga, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
White men kidnapped, tortured, shot, and dumped him in a river for whistling at a white shopkeeper.
—Debbie Elliott, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shopkeeper
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Although competition among storekeepers can be fierce, Mateo sees U.B.A. as a marketplace of ideas.—
H. C. Wilentz,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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In 2017, following an overwhelming number of complaints from visitors and storekeepers about vulgar language and intimidation tactics, the city had to once again enforce an ordinance to keep the hawkers in separate areas.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Swets, who has expertise with special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), formed Greenland Exploration with his investment and merchant banking firm, FG Nexus, and agreed to merge with March GL and find a suitable SPAC to take the company public.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Amazon connects its users with third-party merchants on its marketplace.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
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Altria Group Previously known as Phillip Morris, tobacco giant Altria Group is the seller of Virginia Slims, Marlboro and Parliament cigarettes in the United States.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Already, Chinese EVs have become top sellers in some emerging market countries and are increasingly penetrating the market in Europe, Britain, and Australia.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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This week, the cities of Lee’s Summit and Independence passed ordinances setting limits on how and where city vendors and events can operate during the World Cup.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Several retailers can get adult, baby and pet costumes and Halloween party supplies to customers within an hour.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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According to the mobile gaming company, these gamers spent between $5,000 and $10,000 shopping online in the last six months, and 62% of those purchases were mobile in-app purchases with a retailer (43% higher than average).—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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This week's comeback, however, is reminiscent of the height of the pandemic, when retail traders took on online message boards such as Reddit's WallStreetBets to coordinate moves behind high-risk, aggressive trades.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Landwirth, who was a successful Jewish businessman, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor, began to encourage the Mercury astronauts to begin funding scholarships for college students who were studying science.—
Margaret Buranen,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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In 1975, the German businessman Hugo Mann invested in FedMart.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shopkeeper. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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