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Recent Examples of wheeler-dealer
His father was a wheeler-dealer who lived by quick wits and the sweat of his brow, dabbling in bootlegged sake, swine farming, loan sharking, and later pachinko parlors—Japan’s ubiquitous low-stakes gambling game of clattering steel ball bearings.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Foremost, general manager John Schneider, 54, showed he’s evolved into a top-tier talent man and wheeler-dealer.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Nelson is a Willy Loman, a failing wheeler-dealer and big talker with no game to back him up.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Imagine what a shrewd, wheeler-dealer type could do with the Pirates.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The picture these witnesses painted of Combs gels with previous depictions of the rap mogul as a hot-blooded, win-at-all-costs wheeler-dealer, which until now had lived mostly in the realm of rumor.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 3 July 2025
John Richard Simplot was a real wheeler-dealer, one of the last of the old-school American entrepreneurs.
—Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025
Michele Jackson More than six decades ago, New Yorker writer John Bainbridge spent nine months in the newly wealthy, fast-growing state of Texas, studying and schmoozing with its wheeler-dealers, oilmen, and bankers.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
Delon was perfectly cast as a wheeler-dealer stockbroker who becomes involved with Vitti’s character but is unwilling and unable to satisfy her emotional needs.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 18 Aug. 2024
Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Foremost, general manager John Schneider, 54, showed he’s evolved into a top-tier talent man and wheeler-dealer.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Nelson is a Willy Loman, a failing wheeler-dealer and big talker with no game to back him up.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Imagine what a shrewd, wheeler-dealer type could do with the Pirates.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The picture these witnesses painted of Combs gels with previous depictions of the rap mogul as a hot-blooded, win-at-all-costs wheeler-dealer, which until now had lived mostly in the realm of rumor.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 3 July 2025
John Richard Simplot was a real wheeler-dealer, one of the last of the old-school American entrepreneurs.
—Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025
Michele Jackson More than six decades ago, New Yorker writer John Bainbridge spent nine months in the newly wealthy, fast-growing state of Texas, studying and schmoozing with its wheeler-dealers, oilmen, and bankers.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
Delon was perfectly cast as a wheeler-dealer stockbroker who becomes involved with Vitti’s character but is unwilling and unable to satisfy her emotional needs.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 18 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeler-dealer
Noun
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Anyone from a Hollywood Goth to a streetwear enthusiast to your average Hollywood slickster looking for something streamlined and stylish will find something here.—
Max Berlinger,
Robb Report,
9 Mar. 2022
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The jive talker, the role of slang-slinging slickster, has been picked up by Slick, Junkyard Dog and the Godfather.—
Jeremy Harriot,
The Root,
1 Sep. 2017
Noun
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Layups for the quarterback Roman did not do enough as a schemer and play caller to provide easy completions for Herbert.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Also in the mix were Dogbert, a maniacal schemer, and Catbert, the ruthless head of HR.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.—
Emma Madden,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.—
Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
18 Aug. 2021
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Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2019
Noun
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The concern was not one rogue teacher or isolated incident.—
Robert Casper,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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In the mid-Aughts, armed with the theorem, the rationalists discovered that humanity is in jeopardy of a rogue superintelligent AI wiping out all life on the planet.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Deer, elk, foxes, and other animals called the forest home.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Others dressed as cats and foxes perched in the branches of trees, keeping their distance from curious onlookers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
17 Nov. 2025
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During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Wheeler-dealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeler-dealer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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