as in selling
to offer for sale to the public
vends snack foods and novelties at fairs
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Recent Examples of vending
Coming in at a whopping $500 fine, parking a boat, motor home, truck camper or vending cart for over 15 days is tied with on-street parking of truck tractors or semitrailers for the highest parking violation fines in the city.
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Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Take a load off, have yourself a cup of vending-machine coffee.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026
In addition to publishing news articles and vending art listed by gallery partners, Artnet runs a database that allows users to track the results of sales held at major auction houses across the globe.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Those include reforming neighborhood planning groups, enforcing vacation-rental rules, sidewalk vending enforcement, organics recycling and parks programs for low-income residents and young people.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
During a Charlotte City Council safety committee meeting Thursday, city staff recommended expanding vending regulations citywide and adding harsher penalties for offenders.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026
City council members also questioned what role the county should have in enforcing the rise of street vending within the city.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Murray, like many other vendors, sees vending there as a way to promote not only food but culture.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Additional restrictions would ban vending within 50 feet of fire hydrants, bus stops, crosswalks, traffic signals, stop signs, or driveways, as well as 15 feet from any building entrance or emergency exit.
—Conor McGill, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Take a load off, have yourself a cup of vending-machine coffee.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026
In addition to publishing news articles and vending art listed by gallery partners, Artnet runs a database that allows users to track the results of sales held at major auction houses across the globe.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Those include reforming neighborhood planning groups, enforcing vacation-rental rules, sidewalk vending enforcement, organics recycling and parks programs for low-income residents and young people.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
During a Charlotte City Council safety committee meeting Thursday, city staff recommended expanding vending regulations citywide and adding harsher penalties for offenders.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026
City council members also questioned what role the county should have in enforcing the rise of street vending within the city.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Murray, like many other vendors, sees vending there as a way to promote not only food but culture.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Additional restrictions would ban vending within 50 feet of fire hydrants, bus stops, crosswalks, traffic signals, stop signs, or driveways, as well as 15 feet from any building entrance or emergency exit.
—Conor McGill, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vending
selling
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In addition to his clairvoyant recruitment of head coach Eric Roy, who had not coached a club for more than 11 years before his appointment by Brest, Lorenzi enjoyed success at Stade Francis Le Ble by picking up players on the cheap and selling them on at significant profit.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
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“Vending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vending. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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