as in commerce
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places
they contributed money to an environmental group that works to end the traffic of endangered animals
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as in to trade
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
arrested him for trafficking in drugs
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Recent Examples of traffic
Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
Big Rock has been seeing an increase in traffic this summer, with visitors building dams to form makeshift pools.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025
Central Park receives over 42 million visitors each year, and people traffic virtually all of its 843 acres, even the precious few fenced areas that are supposed to be off-limits.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 2 July 2025
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Noun
Westbound Loop 101 traffic exiting at 27th Avenue could detour along the Beardsley frontage road.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
Big Rock has been seeing an increase in traffic this summer, with visitors building dams to form makeshift pools.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Verb
Cristy Slavik, one of six prosecutors taking their case to the jury, laid out the charges against Combs, which included recruiting victims, enticing and harboring them, acting with reckless disregard to their desires and safety, and doing so while trafficking them across state lines.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025
Central Park receives over 42 million visitors each year, and people traffic virtually all of its 843 acres, even the precious few fenced areas that are supposed to be off-limits.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 2 July 2025
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Both Glamour commerce director Brie Schwartz and style commerce editor Jake Henry Smith own and love Melissa’s iconic Possession sandals, which kicked off the original jelly sandals craze back in the ’80s.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
15 July 2025
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Baek believes the future of K-beauty—and commerce more broadly—won't be shaped by ads or product launches but by trust, authenticity, and people.—
Angela Chan-Danisi,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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The pan-European Stoxx 600 was last seen trading around 0.2% higher, with most sectors trading in positive territory.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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Strategy utilizes capital generated from issuing new shares – particularly when its stock is traded at a premium to the underlying Bitcoin – to acquire more Bitcoin in relation to the dilution that additional shares would create.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Advertisement Of course, there’s not a whole lot regulators can do to make a marketplace more competitive.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Despite bipartisan proposals to bring order to this Wild West marketplace, Springfield ended its legislative session without passing even the most basic consumer protections, testing requirements or age restrictions.—
Brian Hopkins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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As for the second-round picks dealt, each previously was gained in trades, one from the Max Strus sign-and-trade transaction with the Cleveland Cavaliers, one from last season’s trade of Thomas Bryant to the Indiana Pacers.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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Moreover, the confused tone of the third act should not exist in a film that deals exclusively in primary colors.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
11 July 2025
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“Traffic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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