fair-traded

verb

past tense of fair-trade
as in sold

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fair-traded
  1. sold
  2. marketed
  3. distributed
  4. supplied
  5. retailed
  6. purchased
  7. peddled
  8. smuggled
Verb
  • The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The team sold just 1,000 of them, bringing in a cool $1 million.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of sold
Verb
  • At retailers and online, it can be found marketed in flavors.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Brian and Michael Speciale (Season 9, Episode 13) Remember the Snuggie, that thin little piece of material marketed as some sort of revolutionary comfort innovation?
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of marketed
Verb
  • Leo also called for a ceasefire to allow for food and medical assistance to be distributed in the region, as well as the safe evacuation of civilians.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Like his hit debut, Ghosts will be distributed by Focus Features.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of distributed
Verb
  • Energy is supplied via a dense 85-kilowatt-hour pack running on an 800-volt electrical architecture, allowing a 10-to-80% DC fast charge in under 15 minutes while providing a maximum highway driving range of 249 miles (400 km).
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Resolving those issues is important because the weapon must not merely demonstrate its performance during testing but also be manufactured consistently and supplied in sufficient numbers.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplied
Verb
  • Individual bottles sold for about $3, while three- and 12-packs retailed for between $13 and $32.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • One buyer paid $147 and received a Labubu-style teddy bear that allegedly retailed for around $20.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of retailed
Verb
  • The building did a stint as the county courthouse earlier in the 20th century before it was purchased and restored to its former opulence by the Savannah hotel developer Richard Kessler.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The SuperLotto Plus jackpot previously hit on March 28, when a ticket purchased in Fremont won $10 million, The Sacramento Bee reported.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of purchased
Verb
  • Lula’s coalition filed a legal complaint requesting that the avatar’s profiles be taken down, on the grounds that the anonymous accounts peddled false or distorted information that could mislead voters.
    — Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The protests were widely broadcast on state media, in sharp contrast to Assad’s days, when state television peddled disinformation to discredit them, including claims that the protests were staged from faraway studios in Qatar.
    — Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of peddled
Verb
  • Meanwhile, a large percentage of the fentanyl, cocaine and heroin seized along the border was being smuggled in cars and trucks passing through checkpoints, not the areas in between.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • No one knows exactly how many creatures are being smuggled out, but one of the current challenges is what to do with the ones that are seized by law enforcement.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of smuggled
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