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dealing

[dee-ling] / ˈdi lɪŋ /
NOUN
commerce
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business economics exchange industry marketing retailing trade traffic
STRONG
dealings merchandising truck
WEAK
merchantry wholesaling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unemployment
NOUN
contraband
Synonyms
STRONGEST
piracy smuggling trafficking
STRONG
bootlegging crime goods moonshine plunder poaching stuff swag theft violation
WEAK
counterfeiting rum-running wetbacking
Antonyms
WEAK
legal goods
NOUN
distribution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation
STRONG
administration allotment apportioning apportionment assessment assigning diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation rationing scattering spreading
WEAK
alloting circulating disposing dissipating handing out prorating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hold keeping retention
STRONG
juncture unity
WEAK
collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store
NOUN
exchange
Synonyms
STRONGEST
change commerce network swap transaction transfer
STRONG
barter castling commutation conversion correspondence interchange interdependence interrelation rearrangement reciprocation reciprocity replacement revision shift shuffle shuffling substitution supplanting switch traffic transposing transposition truck
WEAK
buying and selling quid pro quo supplantment tit for tat
Antonyms
STRONG
stagnation
NOUN
trade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business commerce contract deal enterprise exchange industry market traffic transaction
STRONG
barter clientele custom customers interchange patronage public sales swap truck
WEAK
merchantry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disagreement idleness indolence misunderstanding unemployment
WEAK
entertainment fun pastime
NOUN
traffic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business commerce communication industry trade truck
STRONG
barter closeness communion connection custom dealings doings exchange familiarity interchange intercourse intimacy patronage peddling relations relationship soliciting transactions
WEAK
merchantry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unemployment
STRONG
antagonism disagreement
NOUN
treatment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approach conduct employment management method practice procedure strategy
STRONG
angle custom execution habit line manipulation manner mode proceeding processing reception usage way
WEAK
action towards behavior towards modus operandi
Antonyms
WEAK
harm hurt injury

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There are no easy answers how to help a family dealing with grief.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"Warsh's biggest challenge will likely be dealing with President Trump," said David Wessel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Calculations are not so simple when dealing with real-world events.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Bosnia and Herzegovina's international supporters focused on the country's leaders dealing with their affairs on their own.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Ophelia managed to finesse the situation, giving overtime where required by law and dealing with other people on an individual basis.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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