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also pedlar
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps
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Recent Examples of peddler
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Levi Strauss was born on February 26, 1829 as the youngest of seven children of a Jewish peddler in Buttenheim, Franconia.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Levi Strauss was born on February 26, 1829 as the youngest of seven children of a Jewish peddler in Buttenheim, Franconia.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddler
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Highlights include children’s Earth Day activities, plant sale, live music, art and dance performance along with food and vendors.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The sauce and dough trade show, running March 24 to March 26, brought together pizza suppliers, vendors, and pizza restaurant owners from around the world.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Very Cherry reclaimed the crown in 2003 and has remained the top seller since, but Buttered Popcorn still commands a devoted following.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Cinnamon ranked third as a top seller in Delaware, Kansas, Nevada, Virginia and Wyoming.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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In 16th-century Italy, Roman merchants reportedly partnered with cardinals’ papal conclave attendants to wager on who would be named the new pope.—
Kelli María Korducki,
thehustle.co,
3 Apr. 2026
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On Reddit, merchants mentioned needing to raise prices while also expressing concern that the surcharge would become permanent since Amazon didn’t say how long the new fee would remain in place.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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The best parts are the musical ones, of course, but there's plenty of deliciously trashy John Waters-style cheese happening too, with silly subplots and exaggerated teen stereotypes (nerd, huckster, prep, secretly beautiful girl with glasses) all adding up to the perfect party movie.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Mar. 2026
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Flannery O’Connor could have written an entire novel on Christian hucksters just from Year One of the second coming of the Trump administration.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The patio at Murphy’s grew fuller by the minute and an hour or so later, the Wrigley ball hawkers — a dwindling group of fans who gather along Waveland Avenue to catch home run balls launched well over the left field fence — were starting to take their positions.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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The other hunters in our group were Bob Card, a car dealer who was host of our party at his cabin on Ocoee Lake; Bill Ewing, a banker; and Roger Hanger, all three from Cleveland, Tennessee.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Finally, last October, California governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that made his state the first in the country to prohibit gun dealers from selling pistols that can be easily converted into fully automatic weapons via aftermarket switches.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddler. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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