traveling salesperson

Example Sentences

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For instance, say a traveling salesperson wants to find the shortest path to visit several cities and then return to their city of origin.

From Science Daily

The company he worked for wanted him to move into a new role, perhaps as a traveling salesperson, when his desk job disappeared.

From New York Times

“He looked at me like I was a traveling salesperson with my trunk,” Mr. Mathelier said.

From New York Times

The officers exceeded the “background social norms” expected of a traveling salesperson or other visitor approaching the house as they planned to perform a “knock and talk,” Court of Appeals Judge Chris Brook wrote.

From Seattle Times

There are also individuals who are known to have been super-spreaders including a sovereign-wealth fund official in Malaysia and a traveling salesperson in Maine.

From Salon