as in dealers
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of traders
The program partners with waste pickers, sorters and traders who comb landfills and other waste collection facilities for recyclable materials.
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Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Echoing this, short-term options traders have also been favoring puts of late, per the security’s Schaeffer’s put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) that sits in the 81st percentile of annual readings.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Palantir was working with federal prosecutors and the SEC to catch insider traders by finding unusual patterns in trading data that humans missed.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In fact, some traders refuse to buy breakouts at all-time highs because of how far a stock needs to advance just to reach that point.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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
Silk Road traders, for example, needed intermediaries to guarantee that merchandise went one way and payments went another.
—Parvez Siddiqui, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The company's software can help utilities and energy traders manage increasing grid volatility due to growing amounts of intermittent renewable energy sources, along with rising electricity demand from data centers and elsewhere, according to CEO Rob Cirincione.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Echoing this, short-term options traders have also been favoring puts of late, per the security’s Schaeffer’s put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) that sits in the 81st percentile of annual readings.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Palantir was working with federal prosecutors and the SEC to catch insider traders by finding unusual patterns in trading data that humans missed.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In fact, some traders refuse to buy breakouts at all-time highs because of how far a stock needs to advance just to reach that point.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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
Silk Road traders, for example, needed intermediaries to guarantee that merchandise went one way and payments went another.
—Parvez Siddiqui, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The company's software can help utilities and energy traders manage increasing grid volatility due to growing amounts of intermittent renewable energy sources, along with rising electricity demand from data centers and elsewhere, according to CEO Rob Cirincione.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traders
Noun
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Tavares notably maintained a fraught relationship with dealers.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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In June, the Denver City Council passed an ordinance forbidding scrap metal recycling dealers from paying cash for certain materials that include copper, bronze, brass and aluminum.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pinstripes joins countless other retailers shuttering doors Pinstripes is certainly not the first company to file for bankruptcy and shut its doors this year.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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From Gap to Zara to COS to Favorite Daughter, plenty of brands and retailers are offering polished takes on the wool-blend robe coat with price tags that won't eat up your holiday vacation fund.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Traders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traders. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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