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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To two young stars whose endorsement deals dwarf their league salaries, $400 is probably couch-cushion change.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
The online shop currently has under-the-radar deals up to 80 percent off, from early fall clothing to cozy home upgrades.

— Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

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Seven weeks later, SpaceX trades below $110, far below its IPO price.

— Anastasia Atamanchuk, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Melius raised its price target to $110 from $85, but noted Starbucks already trades at roughly 40 times expected fiscal 2026 earnings, leaving much of the turnaround reflected in the stock price.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of trades

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Belk Market sells an assortment of brands in men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, as well as shoes, handbags, accessories, home décor and fine jewelry, with frequent merchandise rotation, according to the company’s website.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
Bouzari not only sells super-fast hard drives but also uses software to break up enormous files and spread them simultaneously across thousands of drives.

— Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sells

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The government employs nearly 2,300 people, many of whom are represented by 13 bargaining units that the Unified Government negotiates with.

— Sofi Zeman August 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Cusick and Kretschmann offer complementary chords of variable petulance and insecurity, as newcomer Cuoso ably negotiates her character’s shifting ambiguities.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 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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