as in clerk
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch
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Recent Examples of salesman
Levy, who spent more than three decades climbing from ad salesman to president of Turner Broadcasting, helped secure and renew Turner’s NBA rights, building Inside the NBA into the rare postgame show that, as Bill Simmons puts it, occasionally improved ratings for the actual game.
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Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Carrying $14 and two shirts — one of which was far too big for him, his daughter said — Jarad connected with a contact person in Manhattan and began working as a door-to-door salesman in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Related Stories Henry Rinnan, an ordinary family man and unremarkable salesman, becomes the Gestapo’s most valuable Norwegian agent.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
On a night in late January 2024, a man who was both a barber and a marijuana salesman was operating the businesses out of his uncle’s south Fort Worth apartment, lining up hairlines and weed deals.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
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Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Carrying $14 and two shirts — one of which was far too big for him, his daughter said — Jarad connected with a contact person in Manhattan and began working as a door-to-door salesman in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Related Stories Henry Rinnan, an ordinary family man and unremarkable salesman, becomes the Gestapo’s most valuable Norwegian agent.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
On a night in late January 2024, a man who was both a barber and a marijuana salesman was operating the businesses out of his uncle’s south Fort Worth apartment, lining up hairlines and weed deals.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
Noun
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The store clerk told her that Teresa may have gone with Duckett, and the mother began searching the area.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Miami-Dade County, for example, the penalty is $257, according to the county clerk’s office.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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She was supposed to start paying herself in January, but then the number-one salesperson at a competitor approached her for a job.—
Madeline Bilis,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Across the way, a salesperson calls out to pedestrians to come in to visit her shop.—
Lilliam Rivera,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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