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trading

NOUN
business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commerce deal dealings exchange industry manufacturing market sales selling trade traffic transaction
STRONG
affairs bargaining barter commercialism contracts game industrialism merchandising racket undertaking
WEAK
buying and selling capital and labor free enterprise production and distribution

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The platform started farming out the task to UMA in early 2022, when it reached a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over allegations that it had violated U.S. rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse similarly urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate what they described as recurring suspicious trades tied to sensitive government information.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Trading volumes have also been lifted by investors seeking to capitalise on the volatility in financial markets.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Trading away 2025 first-round pick Jackson is a risk, though, but one that GM Raegan Pebley believed would help this team this season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

I then looked up Scott Mathis, the owner of the Big Hill Trading Company.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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