as in dealer
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of trader
The festival is held in the city’s Chinatown, the oldest in Japan because Nagasaki was the only port open to foreign traders during the Heian and Edo periods.
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Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Wallstedt is a fan of YouTube videos showing shrewd traders buying and selling high-end watches — some of them valued at $15,000 or more — in the Diamond District, located on 47th Street not far from Times Square.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
The most radical change has been the launch of GoldBod, which sets gold prices, issues licenses to domestic traders, provides equipment and training to artisanal miners, and is the only entity allowed to sell gold for export.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
As traders try to assess whether the trade spat will escalate, stocks are fluctuating and pausing their months-long ascent.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
Wallstedt is a fan of YouTube videos showing shrewd traders buying and selling high-end watches — some of them valued at $15,000 or more — in the Diamond District, located on 47th Street not far from Times Square.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
The most radical change has been the launch of GoldBod, which sets gold prices, issues licenses to domestic traders, provides equipment and training to artisanal miners, and is the only entity allowed to sell gold for export.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
As traders try to assess whether the trade spat will escalate, stocks are fluctuating and pausing their months-long ascent.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trader
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Today, the bikemaker has more than 5,000 dealers in India alone, with a global presence in more than 90 countries, and five manufacturing facilities spread out across the globe to meet that demand.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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An unaltered shuffle machine contains cameras that alert the casino, dealer, or house if a card is missing and ensures the deck is correctly sorted, according to Piacente.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 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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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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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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“Trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trader. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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