1
as in marketplace
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places
a government agency in charge of regulating interstate commerce
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2
as in interaction
doings between individuals or groups
when I was doing outside consulting for the company, I never had much commerce with the in-house staff
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3
as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
rumors of commerce between the lady and the knight spread throughout the court
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Recent Examples of commerce
And tariffs — so far, a wildly moving target — are already crimping the economies of states that depend on international commerce.
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Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Our product test-winning mop-vac is back on sale for $270 off
Senior commerce writer and cleaning extraordinaire Emily Farris believes strongly that a mop-vacuum hybrid will cut your cleaning time in half—and probably also change your life.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 July 2025
Our staffers have reviewed dozens of the best sheet sets over the years, and these Boll & Branch sheets are part of commerce director Rachel Fletcher’s own rotation.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2025
Pick up Babo Botanicals's Sensitive Baby Mineral Sunscreen, which SELF's senior commerce writer swears by for her easily-irritated skin.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 July 2025
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Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Our product test-winning mop-vac is back on sale for $270 off
Senior commerce writer and cleaning extraordinaire Emily Farris believes strongly that a mop-vacuum hybrid will cut your cleaning time in half—and probably also change your life.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 July 2025
Our staffers have reviewed dozens of the best sheet sets over the years, and these Boll & Branch sheets are part of commerce director Rachel Fletcher’s own rotation.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2025
Pick up Babo Botanicals's Sensitive Baby Mineral Sunscreen, which SELF's senior commerce writer swears by for her easily-irritated skin.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commerce
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Advertisement Of course, there’s not a whole lot regulators can do to make a marketplace more competitive.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
15 July 2025
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There’s quite simply no way, short of Nvidia retreating from the marketplace altogether, that the world won’t see its technology.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Suddenly, a sound cue and a shift from white to blue lighting indicate a leap in time, and this woman begins to relive a mundane interaction with her two young children, Leanne and Danny, while speaking to thin air and miming her motherly motions.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Trying to reducing those interactions to ‘end user’ terms missed the complexity that made the work succeed.—
Lindsay Phillips,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The defense, with its framing, wanted to awaken any latent unease that a juror—an older one, perhaps—might feel toward the preceding years of correction between the sexes.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Trump has signed executive orders proclaiming the government will recognize only two sexes, male and female.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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This enables users to jump in or out of a position immediately—important during live sports events when prices are volatile and quick trade execution is paramount.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
15 July 2025
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European trade officials met in Brussels on Monday to game out a plan to deal with looming 30-percent duties that will be levied by the United States beginning Aug. 1.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
15 July 2025
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The ceasefire has held but any sense of normalcy has not returned to the relations between the two countries.—
Sam Dalrymple,
Time,
14 July 2025
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The spat threatened to shatter relations between them and centered in part on a news story that described divisions between the FBI and the Justice Department.—
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13 July 2025
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.—
Mattia Dognini,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Soldiers marshalled traffic on a rural road along which artillery guns were being loaded and fired in succession, emitting orange flashes followed by loud explosions and grey smoke.—
Shoon Naing,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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The world's top golfer was arrested in May 2024 during the PGA championships after an incident with police directing traffic.—
Lauren Huff Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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The bottom line for developers is all about keeping the IT stack secure, enabling new agent-to-agent intercourse to happen… and still keep the existing operational lights on.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
6 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Commerce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commerce. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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