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salesperson

[seylz-pur-suhn] / ˈseɪlzˌpɜr sən /


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A candidate like Jack Schlossberg, now running for Congress in Manhattan’s 12th District, is at least more self-aware of his role as salesperson than most.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

Storin: B-to-b buyers don’t want to talk to a salesperson for most of their journey.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

To be a great philosophical mind — that is, someone who can convince others of their beliefs about the human mind and our larger nature — one must also be a salesperson.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2026

Coumarianos adds: “I’ve walked a few clients through all the expenses they’re paying on insurance products for retirement savings, and they’ve been astounded, negatively, at how much their salesperson has extracted from them.”

From MarketWatch Mar. 20, 2026

Well, then later that night, the teenager comes back with Mom and Dad, and they pick up a car, and it’s the other salesperson that writes them up.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Thanks to these close bonds, we also serve as salespeople and recommend products we know they will enjoy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

The Tempe, Ariz.-based company this week revealed its concept for a new-car dealership designed for smartphone-based shopping rather than paperwork and interactions with salespeople.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

But those cases all involved human decisions -- executives, salespeople or engineers who made choices and cut corners.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

Palantir CEO Alex Karp touted the company’s “ staggering growth” despite “a hiring discipline that is too rare in the software industry today,” highlighting that it only has 70 salespeople.

From MarketWatch May 5, 2026

What Golomb is saying is that most salespeople are prone to a classic Warren Harding error.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

At that business, higher wages and the hiring of additional specialized salespersons in preparation for the spinoff are taking a toll.

From MarketWatch Dec. 18, 2025

I also interviewed more than 100 current and former engineers, privacy professionals, product managers, salespersons, and lawyers from the largest Silicon Valley tech companies.

From Slate Dec. 2, 2021

"Would you bring your family and friends and you can be my salespersons."

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2015

Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: Sixty-five randomly selected car salespersons were asked the number of cars they generally sell in one week.

From Textbooks Sep. 19, 2013

He seldom approves of the occasional frivolous purchases I make, and never makes any attempt to conceal his opinion from salespersons, customers, passersby, and whomever else it doesn't concern in the least.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel




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