TRAFFICS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

traffics

verb

present tense third-person singular of traffic

as in deals

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property arrested him for trafficking in drugs

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The new season deals directly with the aftermath of the attack and what Raz described as the nature of revenge.

— Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Keep scrolling for more information on Prime Big Deal Days 2026—plus, 50+ of the best early Amazon deals from the sale.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2026

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The tech giant vowed to publish its energy and water use annually, and spend more than $1 billion over five years on free community college, trades training, and home energy-efficiency upgrades in data center counties.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Bernstein reiterated its Buy rating and $700 price target and even Morgan Stanley’s reduced $563 target sits about 10% above where the stock trades today.

— Tony Zhang, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of trades

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Paul Heaney’s company itself acts as the central commissioner, putting projects into production and then sells the rights to buyers who have already stated their interest.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Reactor, which emerged from stealth in May, develops software to make world models run faster and cheaper, and sells a cloud service that manages the computing capacity.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sells

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Still, the complete omission of the TV (or film) studios is surprising, as is the lack of mention of Paramount’s pay cable network Showtime, which, like the basic cable nets, negotiates carriage agreements.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
In the weeks that follow, Magnolia plans her daughter’s birthday, negotiates her relationship with her daughter’s father, and coördinates medical care for her aging parents, who are living in Haiti amid growing violence.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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In the film, which was based on a Pulitzer Prize nominated memoir, Betty escapes the clutches of her barbaric Iranian husband (played by Alfred Molina) and courageously smuggles herself and her daughter out of Iran.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Produced by Mabel Cheung, Good Trip is the story of a young woman who smuggles her terminally ill father out of a hospital to address his unfulfilled wishes.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026

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