mercantile

Example Sentences

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Just like Miami, the style emerged in the city at a time of economic flux and transformation, spurred by its modern, mercantile port-city energy.

From BBC

A long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of Africa left its mark on the DNA of ancient Swahili people.

From New York Times

Jennifer Paxton suggests it's more likely that Celtic culture spread to the British Isles as a kind of Iron Age "meme," by way of a Celtic-speaking mercantile elite along the Atlantic edge of Europe.

From Salon

A hundred thousand employes engaged in mercantile business are out of employment.

From Seattle Times

“This is where New York began and the mercantile hub that created a nation,” said Mr. Barker, who in 2017 moved a short walking distance from the office.

From New York Times