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noun

plural of dicker

as in exchanges

a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another was hoping to make a dicker with another collector of records from the 1950s

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dicker

as in deals

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase they dickered over the price of the car for a few minutes

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In earlier testimony at the Oakland trial, Francesco Fogu, Instagram’s director of product design, had contentious exchanges with the plaintiffs’ lawyer over internal chats and documents shown to the jury.

— Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
In his WhatsApp exchanges, Molina appeared eager to help Romo kill members of their gang.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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Large trucks were involved in 5,218 fatal crashes in 2024, up 30% over the past decade, according to National Safety Council data.

— Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
As self-driving vehicles spread across the country, a major California labor union is taking a stand against state regulators who say autonomous trucks are ready for the road.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

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The union usually bargains in the same year as performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and directors’ union the Directors Guild of America.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026
One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026

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