as in dealers
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of traders
The gains made by informed traders connected with COP 20, held in 2014, were estimated to be $12 billion.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Payment companies such as Mastercard and American Express were hit particularly hard as traders contemplated a future with lower spending.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
No, not orcas or great blues, but financial traders that place big bets on something called options.
—Wailin Wong, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
Retail traders also had a hand in turbocharging the price of silver last month to record highs by buying a record amount of silver ETFs, according to data from Vanda.
—Alex Veiga, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Some stock traders fear artificial intelligence will put software companies out of business by rendering their products obsolete.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
And traders like Azaabire are selling out their stock.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
This style of dip-buying helped drive bumper returns for retail traders in 2025.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Payment companies such as Mastercard and American Express were hit particularly hard as traders contemplated a future with lower spending.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
No, not orcas or great blues, but financial traders that place big bets on something called options.
—Wailin Wong, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
Retail traders also had a hand in turbocharging the price of silver last month to record highs by buying a record amount of silver ETFs, according to data from Vanda.
—Alex Veiga, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Some stock traders fear artificial intelligence will put software companies out of business by rendering their products obsolete.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
And traders like Azaabire are selling out their stock.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
This style of dip-buying helped drive bumper returns for retail traders in 2025.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traders
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Since 1998, the FBI says countless drug users have been turned away by gun dealers because of the federal Firearm Transaction Form 4473.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The company will let dealers know about the fix on April 21, and mail their official letters about the fix starting on April 24.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Protests broke out first in Tehran’s bazaars, as merchants and shopkeepers took to the streets in anger.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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There are other priorities, like replacing sales associates and merchants who defected to the competition, primarily Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Commissioner Abe Laydon said during the business meeting Tuesday that the ordinance was not meant to punish retailers but to keep the community safe.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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The agency is instead urging riders to download the Umo app or purchase a reloadable card at retailers such as H-E-B or 7-Eleven.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Traders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traders. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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