as in storekeeper
someone who owns or manages a shop or store
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Recent Examples of shopkeeper
But the strategy has backfired, and only made the shopkeepers poorer, and angrier.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 July 2025
But then Francis turned the papal palace and gardens into a year-round museum, open to the public, giving the town a year-round tourist draw that ended up benefiting it even more, shopkeepers say.
—Dario Artale, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
After four days of protests, shopkeepers in downtown Los Angeles began on Tuesday to sweep up glass, board up windows and try to make sense of the violence that erupted during the demonstrations against immigration raids near the heart of the city.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Violence broke out in the walled Old City of East Jerusalem shortly after midday, a Reuters witness said, when young marchers began harassing the few Palestinian shopkeepers who had yet to shutter their stores ahead of the rally.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 May 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 July 2025
But then Francis turned the papal palace and gardens into a year-round museum, open to the public, giving the town a year-round tourist draw that ended up benefiting it even more, shopkeepers say.
—Dario Artale, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
After four days of protests, shopkeepers in downtown Los Angeles began on Tuesday to sweep up glass, board up windows and try to make sense of the violence that erupted during the demonstrations against immigration raids near the heart of the city.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Violence broke out in the walled Old City of East Jerusalem shortly after midday, a Reuters witness said, when young marchers began harassing the few Palestinian shopkeepers who had yet to shutter their stores ahead of the rally.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shopkeeper
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Although competition among storekeepers can be fierce, Mateo sees U.B.A. as a marketplace of ideas.—
H. C. Wilentz,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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In 2017, following an overwhelming number of complaints from visitors and storekeepers about vulgar language and intimidation tactics, the city had to once again enforce an ordinance to keep the hawkers in separate areas.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, demand from Latin America, for example, has grown so much that Yiwu officials have supported Spanish classes for local merchants.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Projects like Bitcoin Babies provide mothers with newborns under the age of one with extra money through Bitcoin, which can be exchanged for goods and services with local merchants that accept Bitcoin.—
Roger Huang,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The conglomerate, which often aligns itself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development goals and controls vast swathes of India’s infrastructure sector, is yet to fully recover from the market value erosion caused by the short seller’s accusations.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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Fall For Greenville has become quite well-known not only for its packed itinerary and vendor list, but also for being free for all to attend, garnering a reputation as the largest free fall festival in the South.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
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The McGhee proposal would double that deduction, meaning a county vendor would receive only 96 cents for every dollar Miami-Dade owes the contractor.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Funds are added to electronic benefit transfer cards, which can be used at participating grocery stores and select online retailers.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Traditionally, retailers order their remaining holiday goods for a late August/September arrival before manufacturing plants close to celebrate October’s Golden Week in China.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks moved higher on Thursday, as traders evaluated the latest monetary policy updates from the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yet, the Interior Ministry tracked down the theft to a museum restoration specialist who took the artifact and sold it to a silver trader, who passed it on to a workshop owner in Cairo’s historic jewelry district.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Alvarez, arguably the sport’s biggest star, is in the middle of four-bout, $400 million deal with Saudi businessman Turki Alalshikh.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Perplexity has submitted a bid for an acquisition, as has businessman Frank McCourt's Project Liberty internet advocacy group, CNBC reported in January.—
Samantha Subin,Jordan Novet,Chris Eudaily,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shopkeeper. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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