as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers
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Recent Examples of huckster
The internet is rife with fitness hucksters and overpriced, overcomplicated training plans, but Patrick seemed different.
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Wes Judd, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
Cusack is at her huckster best as the film's antagonist, but Addams Family Values is a star vehicle for Lloyd, who is the quintessential Uncle Fester in the eyes of most present fans.
—Lee Escobedo, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Trebay, a longtime style reporter for the Times, peppers his story with reminiscences of his vibrant but troubled family, especially his huckster father and outlaw sister.
—The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Yet this devastation and despair are not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Wes Judd, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
Cusack is at her huckster best as the film's antagonist, but Addams Family Values is a star vehicle for Lloyd, who is the quintessential Uncle Fester in the eyes of most present fans.
—Lee Escobedo, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Trebay, a longtime style reporter for the Times, peppers his story with reminiscences of his vibrant but troubled family, especially his huckster father and outlaw sister.
—The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Yet this devastation and despair are not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huckster
Noun
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Cyber attacks can now exploit third-party vendors, cloud misconfigurations or even supply chain dependencies.—
David Wagner,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The latest Harvard directive will be delivered Tuesday in a letter that also will order government agencies to look for new vendors for the federal funds, the officials said.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Two councilmen have a bill requiring licenses for ticket sellers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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In 2024 alone, U.S.-based independent sellers averaged $290,000 in annual sales, with over 55,000 sellers surpassing $1 million in revenue.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Then came the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020, and the pandemic; suddenly cable networks long deemed trustworthy were peddlers of fake news, on the right and the left.—
Ulysses Ortega,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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But news of the child's death first came to light on Saturday, April 5—in a newsletter published by Robert Malone, an anti-vaccine advocate and peddler of conspiracy theories who came to prominence during the pandemic.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Reasonable Existing Debt Got stacked high-interest loans or merchant cash advances?—
Matthew Meehan,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The American military sees the civilian merchant fleet and shipbuilding industry as strategic assets in wartime.—
Caleb Petitt,
National Review,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Singapore’s Lau Pa Sat hawker center, in the city’s Central Business District.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2025
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With this homegrown production, strawberries are now cheaper in Senegal’s groceries and even sold by hawkers on the streets.—
Carmen Abd Ali,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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