as in dealer
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of trader
And as more and more people seek profits in every facet of modern life, online sleuths have increasingly identified wagers that appear too good to be true, suspiciously confident long-shot bets that have netted prediction market traders six- or seven-figure profits.
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 May 2026
Nearly 90% of jobs in sub-Saharan Africa are informal, spanning everyone from market traders to small manufacturers.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 27 May 2026
Currently, futures market traders see a 60% chance that the Fed will have to raise rates by the end of the year, which could put a dent in stocks and corporate profits.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Bets tied to global conflicts have been the source of many recent disputes as traders try to see through the fog of war to figure out the specifics of what happened on the ground.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 May 2026
Nearly 90% of jobs in sub-Saharan Africa are informal, spanning everyone from market traders to small manufacturers.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 27 May 2026
Currently, futures market traders see a 60% chance that the Fed will have to raise rates by the end of the year, which could put a dent in stocks and corporate profits.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Bets tied to global conflicts have been the source of many recent disputes as traders try to see through the fog of war to figure out the specifics of what happened on the ground.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trader
Noun
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The fair’s growing Parisian footprint remains one of its defining features, with major local dealers including Mennour, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Galerie Lelong, Perrotin, Almine Rech, Crèvecœur, mor charpentier, galerie frank elbaz, and Galerie Christophe Gaillard all returning.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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Camp Lucy was born when former antiques dealer and real estate developer Whit Hanks restored the ornate chapel on his family’s property in 2008.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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The activity could be crucial for merchants.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026
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Running in a distant third was Democrat Josh Coyne, a former City Hall staffer who now helps lead a merchant organization called the Downtown San Diego Partnership.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 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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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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People typically use them to keep the house smelling consistently fresh, to replicate the signature scents found in hotels, spas and luxury retailers, to neutralize odors from pets, cooking or smoke, or to set a specific mood — relaxing, clean, seasonal or otherwise.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2026
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Amid a dense thicket of timber-and-metal stalls where secondhand retailers ordinarily hawked their wares, a runner of red-and-green astroturf cut a path toward a stage draped in the tricolor of the Ghanaian flag.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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