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merchant

[mur-chuhnt] / ˈmɜr tʃənt /


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"I wouldn't vote for anyone. I'm so disappointed with everyone in power," clothing merchant Maria Fernandez, 56, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

From his office overlooking the glistening waterway, the third generation fish merchant gestures to the horizon.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The strait is roughly 20 miles wide at its narrowest point and divided into lanes to separate marine traffic, forcing merchant ships to travel along predictable routes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Before PayPal transformed into a multibillion-dollar company with 23,800 employees and 439 million active consumer and merchant accounts across roughly 200 markets, the startup weathered a lot of change.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A small merchant ship, in the early thirteenth century BCE was making its way between two of the five tiny islands off Cape Gelidonya on the southwest coast of Turkey.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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