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merchants

noun

plural of merchant

as in traders

a buyer and seller of goods for profit free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border

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Recent Examples of merchants Wealthy merchants, landowners and even religious leaders enjoyed having nice things in their homes and stopped apologizing for them. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 The history of checkout is about merchants leveraging data signals that were once invisible to them. — Nandan Sheth, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Colonial merchants were especially upset that the act allowed the East India Company to undercut their tea business. — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026 Snake through bustling aisles lined with more than 80 merchants selling everything from Pennsylvania Dutch doughnuts to Peking duck and Georgian khachapuri. — Regan Stephens, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Dutch merchants, families and investors moved through a wide Atlantic network that connected Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and North America. — R. Grant Gilmore Iii, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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But traders have been engaged in significant currency hedging, putting downward pressure on the yen, according to the Financial Times.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Woods said traders should watch the $148-$150 level on PepsiCo.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 6 July 2026

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The workflow also has extensibility to a variety of other agentic use cases, including the company’s Chat Concierge tool which enhances the customer experience for car buyers and dealers.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Bonta proposed statewide restrictions on games using third-party proposition players, also known as player-dealers, as well as blackjack and other banked games, in which players wager against the house.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

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