barter
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Instead, they arranged to trade services through a barter system in which state-backed Chinese companies in Iran build infrastructure there as compensation for oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Plus, it creates new headaches for companies, many of which would likely jockey for workarounds as the administration has shown a willingness to barter tariffs for other commitments, he adds.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Together, the data support a new interpretation of Monte Sierpe as an Indigenous center for barter and exchange that may have evolved into an accounting system under Inca rule.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025
Gutierrez said no one wanted to barter with Saldana for the instrument and that another homeless person eventually stole it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Not content to show up under the canopy wearing her charity clothes, one particular bride-to-be had her fiancé barter cigarettes with a soldier for his old parachute, which had the perfect drape for a gown.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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Iran then buys goods and services from China or it barters the oil in return for Chinese companies to build infrastructure inside Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Luis said he then buys dollar-denominated stablecoins on overseas crypto markets, which he barters for pesos on peer-to-peer exchanges in Argentina -- all under the radar of Argentine tax and financial authorities.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2023
As the creators and showrunners of HBO’s “Westworld,” based on the original film and screenplay by Michael Crichton, they were no strangers to sci-fi that barters in slippery notions of reality.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
“Three Thousand Years of Longing” is a cerebral film that barters in riddles.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
Life in the Fen was apparently a series of barters.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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Allen bartered the show for free to TV stations in exchange for a split of the revenues from selling commercials to advertisers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
In a time where edgy influencers like Clavicular and HSTikkyTokky are reposted, shared, and platformed for their ability to provoke, morality is bartered for popularity.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
But in Wisconsin, no part of a wild sturgeon can be bought, sold or bartered for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Scholars suggest that some of these human remains were bartered items or gifts, but others may have been taken away without the consent of their owners.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024
To a Haitian, every pig was a bank account—it could be bartered for food, shelter, medicine, even school tuition for a child.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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In September, the LA Card Show made its Dodger Stadium debut, drawing thousands of fans swapping and bartering trading cards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
There’s also a bartering and swap group where folks negotiate clever exchanges: “I have an unused air fryer. You have an unused desk chair. Want to swap?”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
"I think there was a lot of bartering," captain McIntosh says, "trying to get good deals, where we'd get breakfast and tea included."
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
In place of socializing, we’re using a parent community as a bartering platform.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025
It was only by bartering gasoline for groceries that he managed to keep his family alive.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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