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merchant

[mur-chuhnt] / ˈmɜr tʃənt /


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The artist was Jeremias Schultz, a Berliner born in 1723 who resettled in the Netherlands and established himself as a painter of the Dutch colonial empire’s merchant class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Across three of the exhibitions, the male Viking emerges as a warrior, a seafarer, and a merchant.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

"What is the United Stand now? A noise merchant, or a news organisation?"

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

This artificial floor-setting reportedly pushed merchant ad costs up by as much as 50% during peak shopping events such as Prime Day, when sellers naturally expected higher costs driven by holiday competition.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The merchant looked at me, then at the monks, then laughed and said, “Excuse us.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Mohan explained that Meta has built payment systems through Stripe’s Link agent wallet, which allows users to hide card information from merchants and AI systems.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Of course, other merchants were selling those items for lower prices or had recently slashed their prices, and prices can be negotiated downward.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

But in old Dubai, where Iranian merchants are firmly established, they do not believe there will be a break in the ties forged over decades between the UAE's financial hub and southern Iran.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Other merchants, through third-party vendors that verify refund claims, inform individual consumers that their future return claims may be denied based on their patterns of returns, refund requests and frequency of delivery issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

King George II, ignoring French claims to the Ohio River valley, had given permission for colonizing the area to the Ohio Company, a group of Virginia landowners and London merchants.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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