as in dealers
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of traders
Maintaining this position required cutting out the powerful coastal Nigerian traders who had served as middlemen between the British merchants and the hinterland producers.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
As options traders, our playbook right now should be strictly focused on keeping trading volume low, reducing capital exposure, and pushing expiration dates further out to give our setups room to breathe.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Last week, a bipartisan group of senators and House representatives introduced a bill that would prevent traders from betting on government actions, war, and events where an individual knows or can control the outcome.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Rank-and-file traders—dismissed by OGs as tourists—either panic-sold, drifted toward shinier obsessions like AI and prediction markets, or quietly shed the identity of crypto bro altogether.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
Oil traders fear a prolonged conflict in the Middle East, which could leave the strait closed for more than a month, some analysts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Mar. 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
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
Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
As options traders, our playbook right now should be strictly focused on keeping trading volume low, reducing capital exposure, and pushing expiration dates further out to give our setups room to breathe.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Last week, a bipartisan group of senators and House representatives introduced a bill that would prevent traders from betting on government actions, war, and events where an individual knows or can control the outcome.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Rank-and-file traders—dismissed by OGs as tourists—either panic-sold, drifted toward shinier obsessions like AI and prediction markets, or quietly shed the identity of crypto bro altogether.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
Oil traders fear a prolonged conflict in the Middle East, which could leave the strait closed for more than a month, some analysts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Mar. 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
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
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The tolerance of drugs use led to dealers using Christiania as a base for selling drugs and in turn that led to violent battles by biker gangs for control of that business.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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So that talks about bringing the car in on like a container truck for shipping and these dealers and buyers were allegedly falsifying those documents to say the vehicle had been in Montana for X period of months and then bringing it in when in reality the vehicle never was.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Along the east side of 9th Street between J and L streets, metal doors once led to elevators that allowed merchants to store goods underground.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Kumari writes that horses from Central Asia mainly arrived in India over land routes, brought by merchants from nomadic cultures who traveled in caravans.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Mar. 2026
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Advocates contend the findings reveal troubling conditions behind an industry that supplies plants and flowers to major retailers across the country.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Tea brands and toy retailers have also grown their overseas networks.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Traders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traders. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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