How to Use broker in a Sentence

broker

noun
  • Be sure to write that the broker’s agent will get a commission.
    Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
  • The firearms are then shipped across the southwest border through a chain of brokers and couriers.
    E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Doha has a long history of serving as a broker, and in the past, this has often worked well for the Gulf state.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • His father was a timber broker and a deacon in the Baptist church.
    Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • And the mega-realtors and brokers of L.A. are apocalyptic about what the new tax will do.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The unidentified owners, the broker told The Wall Street Journal, are a retired couple from out of state.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Some hoard it and offer paid access back to us or just sell it wholesale to data brokers.
    Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Depressed brokers aren’t the only ones who need help sometimes.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Follow up by phone call or email (or let the agents or brokers deal with this step) to people who seem interested.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2024
  • At least eight ships have been attacked in recent weeks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to ship owners and brokers.
    Costas Paris, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But Netflix was a company that, even when it was broke, never shied away from going for broker.
    Peter Biskind, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The two admitted to stealing bodies and body parts over an eight-year period and selling them to body brokers.
    Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
  • Svetlana Choi is a broker with Coldwell Banker Warburg.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
  • More people moved out of apartments than into them in the first half of 2023, according to broker Oleg Konstantinovsky.
    Janice Kai Chen, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
  • Yamazaki’s mother was the daughter of a well-to-do wholesale produce broker.
    John McMurtrie, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The Trustee may engage agents such as stockbrokers, custody agents and real estate brokers and may vote stock by proxy.
    Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The Aztecs need to continue positioning themselves to be more attractive to the biggest brokers in football as the gulf between the haves and have-nots widens by the hour.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • After studying English in college, Thomas moved to Savannah to work as a stock broker.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Apps must pledge not to sell your health information to data brokers or use the information to target ads.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • Industry odds and ends The government wants to place firmer caps on payments to brokers who sell Medicare Advantage plans.
    Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 13 Nov. 2023
  • From there, the objects were sold to art brokers, private collectors and the world’s largest museums in what the country regards as the biggest art heist in history.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Convoy, a digital freight broker, went from a $3.6 billion valuation to shutting down on a dime as a debt line was called.
    Rebecca Lynn, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This is in addition to also having to cover the commission for their listing agent or broker.
    Alex Veiga, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The idea dividends enhance stock returns is a selling point of brokers that is itself subject to dissent.
    Emily Graffeo, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Her father, a racer, breeder and broker of horses, remained on the sidelines of the family battles.
    Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In January, the app launched a talent portal to allow managers to more easily broker deals between brands and clients.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
  • One-third of U.S. homebuyers are paying in cash, the highest share in nearly a decade, according to real estate broker Redfin.
    Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Zoom could spy on calls of other companies or harvest and sell user data to data brokers.
    Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Reach out to an independent insurance agent or broker in your area.
    Nerdwallet, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The organization will pay $418 million in damages and agreed to blow up its decades-long practice on commissions paid to brokers.
    Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024

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