as in pimp
a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money
an arrest record that revealed that he had variously been a pander, a pickpocket, and a drug dealer
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Both Hall and Swift are 34 years old, yet their approaches differ: Swift panders and agitates while Hall chooses empathy.
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Armond White, National Review, 28 June 2024
There are already ominous signs that Western consumers may be unwilling to bear the costs of incentivizing a shift toward clean energy: earlier this year, the United Kingdom watered down its climate targets to pander to voters uninterested in bearing the costs of the climate transition.
—Henry Sanderson, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2024
Instead of doing his job, Newsom campaigns for president and panders to unions and any organization wanting funds that will support him.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
By the 1990s, the National Front was using the language of protectionism to pander to discontented workers.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 28 June 2024
There are already ominous signs that Western consumers may be unwilling to bear the costs of incentivizing a shift toward clean energy: earlier this year, the United Kingdom watered down its climate targets to pander to voters uninterested in bearing the costs of the climate transition.
—Henry Sanderson, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2024
Instead of doing his job, Newsom campaigns for president and panders to unions and any organization wanting funds that will support him.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
By the 1990s, the National Front was using the language of protectionism to pander to discontented workers.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Pander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pander. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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