TRAFFICS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

traffics

verb

present tense third-person singular of traffic

as in deals

to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property arrested him for trafficking in drugs

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The 76ers are not doing any sponsor deals less than three years after signing LeBron.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Amazon Prime Day is here (and running through Wednesday), meaning a boatload of Prime Day furniture deals on almost every type of seating and storage just dropped.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

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As nature trades its summer greens for a rich tapestry of amber, rust, burgundy, and gold, our wardrobes are following suit—and with all manner of vibrant, textured, statement-making accessories piled on top.

— Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
In August, the German bank Scalable Capital opened its platform to AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok, letting users analyze portfolios, set up savings plans, and place trades through prompts.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of trades

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Coccinelle, set up by Francesca Breccia, sells independent titles on the international circuit, pairing films and their rights owners with buyers and distributors in a range of territories.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The company runs Medicaid plans in 29 states and sells individual marketplace plans and Medicare Advantage.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sells

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By the time a large organization evaluates one, runs it through security, negotiates access and puts it into production, another model is already getting the headlines.

— Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Still, the complete omission of the TV (or film) studios is surprising, as is the lack of mention of Paramount’s pay cable network Showtime, which, like the basic cable nets, negotiates carriage agreements.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

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In the film, which was based on a Pulitzer Prize nominated memoir, Betty escapes the clutches of her barbaric Iranian husband (played by Alfred Molina) and courageously smuggles herself and her daughter out of Iran.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Produced by Mabel Cheung, Good Trip is the story of a young woman who smuggles her terminally ill father out of a hospital to address his unfulfilled wishes.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026

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