fair-trades

verb

present tense third-person singular of fair-trade
as in black-markets

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  1. markets
  2. supplies
  3. sells
  4. retails
  5. purchases
  6. distributes
  7. buys
  8. exchanges
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  • Futures markets bets on the Fed are pointing to a greater likelihood of interest rate hikes than any easing this year.
    — Dan Mangan,Luke Fountain,Kevin Breuninger,Garrett Downs,Ashley Capoot,Justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • Antigua and Barbuda, for example, markets itself as a family-friendly, lower-tax lifestyle destination.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of markets
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  • The headphone amp supplies two gain settings, tailoring the amount of amplification applied to the input signal to suit the varying sensitivities of headphones and IEMs.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Shares of Arm, which supplies technology and designs to other chipmakers, rose 134% in the quarter.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 30 June 2026
Definition of supplies
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  • SparkHouse’s cafe and bar is open to the public and sells tea, coffee (try the honey matcha latte), wine, beer cocktails and small bites.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Tractor Supply sells a wide variety of items, including grills, lawn mowers, ammunition, clothing, tools, gardening products, ATVs, horse saddles, kayaks and live chicks.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of sells
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  • In photos obtained by Page Six, Hadid wore a pink Wiederhoeft dress covered in beads, which retails for $14,500.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 3 July 2026
  • This model retails for a cool $294,400.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Definition of retails
Verb
  • The company is also evolving its Pay Per Crawl experiment into a broader Pay Per Use model, where publishers could be paid when their content appears in an AI result or when an agent purchases premium information for a specific task.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • China currently purchases roughly 90% of Iran's oil exports, with teapots accounting for the bulk of China's imports.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Definition of purchases
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  • Skyline Media distributes more than 800 foreign films and represents more than 150 Vietnamese and Southeast Asian titles as sales agent, with a reach spanning more than 50 countries and territories through upward of 130 partnerships.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • Unless the settlement fund is established and distributes payments, that scenario is unlikely.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of distributes
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  • And, when its time to sell, APMEX also buys gold, silver and platinum from consumers.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • If a couple buys a house together that’s going to be their marital residence, for example, a prenup may specify who owns it and how.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Definition of buys
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  • Thomas regularly exchanges texts and Instagram messages with Alex’s mother, Leah, in Perth, while enjoying the company of his father, Damien, a former Australian rules football player, when the Condons travel stateside.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of exchanges
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