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as in wholesaler
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as in laborer
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Recent Examples of jobber
Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
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Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind.
—Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023
Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019
The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered.
—Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
The City had its freewheeling parts—such as the euro markets—but the stock market was carved up by British brokers and jobbers, with Hogwartian names such as Ackroyd & Smithers.
—Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
The antipathy to horsemeat is fast vanishing, says Jim Augustine, the East Bay’s one and only mustang meat jobber.
—Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
There’s real love out there for his performance, and his journey from child star to behind-the-scenes jobber to indie heartthrob is the type of narrative that voters can get behind.
—Vulture, 10 Jan. 2023
Gosewich then left the business before its expansion to join Sherman’s Records chain and rack-jobber covering eastern Canada.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2019
The push came from independent distributors, known as rack jobbers, that specialized in foods then considered outside the American mainstream — Chinese, Jewish, Italian or of another origin — and were searching for places to sell them.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
For third-generation jobber Rick Green, who delivers food to about 50 restaurants in Indiana and Michigan, daily runs have become more complicated as Fulton Market’s longtime inhabitants have scattered.
—Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
The City had its freewheeling parts—such as the euro markets—but the stock market was carved up by British brokers and jobbers, with Hogwartian names such as Ackroyd & Smithers.
—Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
The antipathy to horsemeat is fast vanishing, says Jim Augustine, the East Bay’s one and only mustang meat jobber.
—Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobber
Noun
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Retailers purchase inventory from wholesalers, and solo wholesalers sold a lot of merchandise in 2022.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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What is Burlington? Burlington, formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, started in 1924 as a wholesaler of coats, jackets and suits, according to the company’s website.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
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Those who came to Ingersoll to establish a new life for themselves pursued jobs as laborers, barbers and waiters, among other professions.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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New jobs for construction laborers--tasked with using, supplying or holding materials or tools and cleaning work areas and equipment on construction sites--are expected to increase by nearly 120,000 by 2033, with an annual growth rate of seven percent.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Searchlight dropped the project following Majors’ legal troubles; the Sundance darling was later picked up by Oscar-winning distributor Tom Ortenberg via his Briarcliff Entertainment.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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Hooper couldn’t find a distributor until Warren Skaaren, then head of the Texas Film Commission, pointed him in the direction of the Bryanston Distributing Company, which took global rights.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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In other words, exactly the type of drudge work that corporates have outsourced for decades to offshore teams from the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Infosys.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes,
4 Feb. 2025
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China, Vietnam and India are the largest worldwide exporters of bamboo fiber, according to Volza Import Trade Data, and the primary exporters to the U.S. Before the 90-day pause, products imported from Vietnam faced a 46% tariff, while those from India were set at 26%.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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On March 4, Beijing revoked import approvals for three major U.S. soybean exporters.—
Linggong Kong,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2025
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The high hosted 36 vendors at its career fair on Wednesday, the Desert Sun reported.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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At Pier 60, sunsets are celebrated every evening with a festival that brings out vendors and street performers.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Grimes was a graduate assistant under Lou Holtz from 1981-82.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2025
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Donovan was the lead assistant for the Wildcats during a 1993 run to the Final Four.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Ashley manages a team responsible for winning and growing co-brand partnerships across key merchant verticals including travel, retail, every day spend and digital.—
Ashley McGrail,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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While the technology giants all rely on a healthy ecosystem of creators, merchants and influencers to generate content for their sites, changes to their revenue-sharing agreements or algorithms can be devastating.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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