as in dealer
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of trader
The agency is searching for suspicious behavior from traders within the United States who have been sneaking onto offshore markets, including Polymarket’s crypto platform—which is blocked stateside—by using virtual private networks.
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 15 May 2026
One of Margot’s first cases is a pregnant stock-market trader who suffers from insomnia and an ugly rash on her back.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 May 2026
And bond yields rose as traders grew cautious about rising inflation.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Right now your fellow traders seem to be shrugging off what looks like a crisis in the oil market.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 15 May 2026
One of Margot’s first cases is a pregnant stock-market trader who suffers from insomnia and an ugly rash on her back.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 May 2026
And bond yields rose as traders grew cautious about rising inflation.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Right now your fellow traders seem to be shrugging off what looks like a crisis in the oil market.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trader
Noun
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That trend has led to lower inventory on dealers’ lots, but supply levels haven’t dipped low enough to slow the decline in average listing prices.—
Chris Teague,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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There are stands and places to put art, art that is supposed to sell—and the dealers did sell much of it, many of the purchases topping out in the low-seven figures for this fair.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Instead, the Thunder rave about how Gilgeous-Alexander hasn’t become phased with opposing team’s double teams or for his ‘free-throw merchant’ tag.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Glen Cove merchants say beaches bring business, and the timing is ideal, since warm weather is coming.—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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More than a year later, Fúnez was arrested with two others, businessman Héctor Eduardo Méndez and Juan Ángel Ramos Gallegos, whom prosecutors accused of criminal association to the detriment of other fundamental rights.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Hurley was married to businessman Arun Nayar from 2007 to 2011.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The retailer argued that O’Neill combines deep brand expertise with operational discipline and pointed to her role in building Nike’s women’s division into a multibillion-dollar business.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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But some of the retailers that ultimately replaced the general store have some features in common with their main street predecessors.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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“Trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trader. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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