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trading post

NOUN
place for goods trading
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Born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, Leahy worked in his youth as a cowhand, a soda jerk and a clerk in a trading post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

In the hit sci-fi series, Fisher-Becker shared the screen with Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith as Dorium Maldovar, the blue-skinned owner of an intergalactic trading post known as the Maldovarium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

Myawaddy, in Kayin state, is opposite the Thai district of Mae Sot in Tak province and is connected by two bridges across the Moei River It is Myanmar’s most active trading post with Thailand.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

The island is a Unesco world heritage site for its colonial architecture and rich history as a trading post.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

If the map had been made many years before and not updated, then the river might have changed direction, might not even go by the trading post any longer.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen




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