as in dealer
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of trader
That last one is the work that turns a barrel count into something a trader can use.
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Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Many traders see China’s eventual return to pre-Iran war oil purchasing rates as the key to predicting when oil prices finally lurch higher.
—Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026
SpaceX will reportedly reserve up to 30 percent of its shares for these traders, much higher than the typical 5 or 10 percent.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Troops, farmers, and fur traders set up shop in 1624, and the first 30 families of Dutch settlers arrived.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 June 2026
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Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Many traders see China’s eventual return to pre-Iran war oil purchasing rates as the key to predicting when oil prices finally lurch higher.
—Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026
SpaceX will reportedly reserve up to 30 percent of its shares for these traders, much higher than the typical 5 or 10 percent.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Troops, farmers, and fur traders set up shop in 1624, and the first 30 families of Dutch settlers arrived.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trader
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Tom Hiddleston is back as the globe-trotting British intelligence officer Jonathan Pine and chasing a Colombian arms dealer, only to be plunged into a deadly conspiracy in the second season trailer for the Prime Video and BBC espionage thriller.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Dec. 2025
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Antique and vintage dealers may bring to mind dusty relics and their equally stuffy proprietors—and in some cases, this caricature is correct.—
Elizabeth Kiefer,
Architectural Digest,
11 Dec. 2025
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Historically, barrels of Madeira spent months crossing tropical oceans aboard ships, and merchants realized that the heat actually improved the wine rather than ruining it.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Allison Yelaska of Aurora was one of the many merchants at the event.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Seymour was previously married to director Michael Attenborough from 1971 to 1973, author Geoffrey Planer from 1977 to 1978, businessman David Flynn from 1981 to 1992, and actor-filmmaker James Keach from 1993 to 2015.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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For many years, Spielberg had planned a film adaptation of Thomas Kenneally’s 1982 historical novel, Schindler’s Ark, about a German businessman who saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust by keeping them working in his factories.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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These appointments make the designer-retailer relationship more official than a one-off collaboration, though those are still plentiful.—
Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
15 June 2026
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The retailer currently has licensed merchandise featuring teams from the NBA, NFL and the NCAA.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
15 June 2026
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“Trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trader. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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