as in to sell
to offer for sale to the public
vends snack foods and novelties at fairs
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Recent Examples of vend
Ease vending recently replaced the CNBC Express kiosk near Gate B18.
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Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2025
Taco Bell has also supported street vendors in Southern California by providing 46 vending carts to local food purveyors, as part of a partnership with Revolution Carts.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
The vehicle also traveled over a food vending cart and a valet stand.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
That shooting — which left two people hospitalized and happened on a busy summer Friday evening — sparked discussions at the time about street vending restrictions.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2025
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Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2025
Taco Bell has also supported street vendors in Southern California by providing 46 vending carts to local food purveyors, as part of a partnership with Revolution Carts.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
The vehicle also traveled over a food vending cart and a valet stand.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
That shooting — which left two people hospitalized and happened on a busy summer Friday evening — sparked discussions at the time about street vending restrictions.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vend
sell
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Most of the stores surrounding this block are hybrids, selling biking equipment and coffee.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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By the early sixties, these bricks, now made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic, were sold across Europe and the United States.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Vend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vend. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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