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merchant

[mur-chuhnt] / ˈmɜr tʃənt /


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“In the short term, navies are not expected to escort merchant ships,” Larsen wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

They see considerable upside for the merchant bank’s shares now that the mist is starting to clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Before PayPal transformed into a multibillion-dollar company with 23,800 employees and 439 million active consumer and merchant accounts across roughly 200 markets, the startup weathered a lot of change.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Chemaf’s founder, Shiraz Virji, son of a Zanzibar spice merchant, once hired dozens of Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers with a reputation for fierceness, to guard one of the company’s mines against incursions by informal miners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Lorren’s character sauntered off in the direction of a merchant.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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