as in dealers
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a coffee trader
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Recent Examples of traders
Created in 2006 by the British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, the haunting life-size figures, including a man typing at a desk (entitled The Lost Correspondent), fishermen, market traders, and a ring of children holding hands, can be viewed by snorkelers and divers ducking beneath the bay’s surface.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
Surprisingly, this includes active traders who qualify for trader tax status (TTS).
—Robert Green, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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
The program partners with waste pickers, sorters and traders who comb landfills and other waste collection facilities for recyclable materials.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Palantir was working with federal prosecutors and the SEC to catch insider traders by finding unusual patterns in trading data that humans missed.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Silk Road traders, for example, needed intermediaries to guarantee that merchandise went one way and payments went another.
—Parvez Siddiqui, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
Surprisingly, this includes active traders who qualify for trader tax status (TTS).
—Robert Green, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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
The program partners with waste pickers, sorters and traders who comb landfills and other waste collection facilities for recyclable materials.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Palantir was working with federal prosecutors and the SEC to catch insider traders by finding unusual patterns in trading data that humans missed.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Silk Road traders, for example, needed intermediaries to guarantee that merchandise went one way and payments went another.
—Parvez Siddiqui, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traders
Noun
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Tavares notably maintained a fraught relationship with dealers.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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In June, the Denver City Council passed an ordinance forbidding scrap metal recycling dealers from paying cash for certain materials that include copper, bronze, brass and aluminum.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 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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Narcyss counts roughly 100 points of sale globally, with a strong focus on top-tier retailers such as Nordiska Kompaniet.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Traders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traders. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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