as in storekeeper
someone who owns or manages a shop or store
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Recent Examples of shopkeeper
Indian shopkeepers sell summer fruit watermelons at their roadside stalls in a market area in Siliguri, India on May 2, 2025.
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Ganesh Rao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 May 2025
California String of unsolved ‘transphobic’ attacks target MacArthur Park shopkeeper
May 3, 2025
Shoshanna Scholar, director of harm reduction for L.A. County, said the key to saving lives is clear: Ramp up naloxone distribution and overdose prevention efforts in high-risk communities.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Students from the nearby high school flocked to Helen’s for burgers and shakes, and local shopkeepers took multiple meals a day there.
—Hanna Raskin, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Women glide past, a mix of 19th-century bordello madams, shopkeepers and wives of wealthy burghers.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
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Ganesh Rao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 May 2025
California String of unsolved ‘transphobic’ attacks target MacArthur Park shopkeeper
May 3, 2025
Shoshanna Scholar, director of harm reduction for L.A. County, said the key to saving lives is clear: Ramp up naloxone distribution and overdose prevention efforts in high-risk communities.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Students from the nearby high school flocked to Helen’s for burgers and shakes, and local shopkeepers took multiple meals a day there.
—Hanna Raskin, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Women glide past, a mix of 19th-century bordello madams, shopkeepers and wives of wealthy burghers.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shopkeeper
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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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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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Keeping this in mind, the real reason, however, is that these same merchants may not have pivoted as effectively as needed during these challenges to withstand the current stresses in retail and thus, layoffs are the result.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Visitors also had ample opportunities to shop, with merchants selling everything from tobacco and candy to jewelry and guidebooks.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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The new owner was able to buy the building at a price that was far below what the sellers paid for the high-profile property, a review of county documents shows.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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The law does have an exception for cases in which a manufacturer or seller knowingly aids and abets criminal sales.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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The event, which ran from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., included a stage with musical acts and a variety of speakers, food trucks and booths with vendors and community information.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
9 June 2025
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The Colemans married in 1992 and first began working together as food vendors for Miami-Dade Public Schools.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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The acronym — which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out — was coined by a Financial Times columnist and has since been adopted by traders attempting to navigate the dozens of changes to tariff policy Trump has announced over the early months of his presidency.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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Professional traders and algorithms move faster than retail investors, digesting and acting on information in milliseconds.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The hostilities began when Trump lashed out at Musk's criticism of the Republican tax-cut and spending bill, and quickly escalated into an all-out online brawl on Trump's Truth Social and Musk's X, with prominent businessmen, analysts and political names weighing in on the fight.—
Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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Four other Democratic candidates were not present: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, businessman Stephen Cloobeck, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and former Controller Betty Yee.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shopkeeper. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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