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as in wholesaler
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as in laborer
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Recent Examples of jobber
Read full article 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
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The site is now being used as a staging area for a public works project nearby, and the car dealership is home to a wholesaler for nail salons.—
Laura Kinsler,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2025
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Vertex has set the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) of the medication, the price set by a pharmaceutical manufacturer in the US when selling to a wholesaler, at US$15.50 per 50-mg pill.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2025
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The laborers who make these goods earn as little as $5 an hour, including overtime, for workdays that can last 10 hours or more.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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In Nepal, a U.S.-based nonprofit named the La Isla Network put on hold its work on chronic kidney disease, a deadly condition believed to be linked to heat stress and dehydration that has emerged as a threat to manual laborers in hot countries.—
ByCatherine Offord,
science.org,
5 Feb. 2025
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As Banijay continues to expand its global footprint, the company remains committed to forging partnerships with key broadcasters, distributors and production companies in established and new/developing markets.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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The complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court, targets the distributors of popular brands such as Puff Bar, Elf Bar and MYLÉ.—
Alyce McFadden,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 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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In 2023, the top exporters of eggs were Netherlands ($1 billion in exports), the United States ($483 million), Poland ($467 million), Germany ($423 million), and Turkey ($411 million), according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Perched along a small river that runs into San Pablo Bay, Petaluma became an agricultural exporter during the Gold Rush; only the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers served as larger waterways for transporting goods.—
Chase Hunter,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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There will be children’s activities, educational exhibits, expert horticultural speakers, food vendors and entertainment.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2025
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Several vendors offer their own spin on the tech, but Grow Therapy decided to develop its stack internally, CEO Jake Cooper told Newsweek in an exclusive interview February 12.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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An assistant discovered Baena's body at a Los Angeles-area home around 10:30 a.m.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Huskers’ 40-year-old running backs coach is the only assistant without terms of a contract revealed for this year.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Amazon already gives its merchants the ability to have AI dynamically set prices, so adding agentic functions for even more powerful automation is a no-brainer.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the meantime, local merchants have found several creative ways of bringing visitors to the street, including a skating rink during the holidays.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Jobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobber. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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