Thesaurus results for SALESMAN

salesman

noun

ˈsālz-mən

Definition of salesman

as in clerk

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch

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Recent Examples of salesman The Coens won Best Original Screenplay, and Frances McDormand took her first Oscar home for playing the unforgettable Marge Gunderson, a Minnesotan cop who gets entangled in a car salesman’s deeply inept foray into the criminal world. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 Dunleavy sounded less like an NBA executive trying to maximize a generational talent and more like a car salesman explaining why the engine light is supposed to stay on. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 In six years running General Dynamics’ Ordnance and Tactical Systems business, Gezen had earned a reputation as a deft strategist and salesman. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026 How many salesmen believed the goal was attainable or even worth chasing? — Jeremy MacLiver, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salesman

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His first job out of law school was as a judge’s clerk at the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, giving him a front-row seat to consequential decisions—and to people who could disagree fiercely without letting those disagreements become personal.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Senior clerk Cristaliz Portalatin posted a TikTok video of the visit that has since drawn more than 44,000 views.

— Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026

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