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merchants

noun

plural of merchant

as in traders

a buyer and seller of goods for profit free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border

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Recent Examples of merchants Participating merchants, marketing cooperatives and self-marketing growers supply the fiber through Field Partner Programs. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 The ministry had been asking merchants to pay about $3,226 per truck entering Gaza, Sheheiber said. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The ministry had been asking merchants to pay 10,000 shekels (about $3,226) per truck entering Gaza, Sheheiber said. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The fire left the market in ruins, with about 20 merchants losing their stalls, according to Ariel Weil, the mayor of central Paris. — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 According to Citizens, qualifying fuel purchases are based on merchant category codes assigned by merchants like Shell, Wawa, Speedway, ExxonMobil, Cumberland Farms and BP, among many others. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 The company advised restaurant partners never to share account information, including passwords or verification codes, and said merchants who believe their accounts have been compromised should report it immediately. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 The initial wave of departures was made up of African American intellectuals, church leaders and merchants. — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

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Of course, the persistence of traders to keep doubling down on AI could also be a sign of a bubble.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
For months, equity traders holding CoreWeave (CRWV) have played that guard.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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