as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a trafficker who sold pirated videos from the back of his car
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The acronym — which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out — was coined by a Financial Times columnist and has since been adopted by traders attempting to navigate the dozens of changes to tariff policy Trump has announced over the early months of his presidency.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025 -
Professional traders and algorithms move faster than retail investors, digesting and acting on information in milliseconds.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Keeping this in mind, the real reason, however, is that these same merchants may not have pivoted as effectively as needed during these challenges to withstand the current stresses in retail and thus, layoffs are the result.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Visitors also had ample opportunities to shop, with merchants selling everything from tobacco and candy to jewelry and guidebooks.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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“Trafficker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficker. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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