1
as in traded
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
that store deals in used furniture
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as in negotiated
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price
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Recent Examples of dealt
Israeli attacks weakened Iran’s regional armed proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollahwhile US strikes dealt significant damage to the country’s nuclear program, which the government spent billions to develop.
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Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
Dugger served as a backup through the beginning portion of the season before being dealt to the Steelers at the NFL trade deadline.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Instead, the Canucks, desperate to salvage their chances of making the playoffs last season, dealt that Rangers’ first-round pick to the Penguins for Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor just hours after the Miller trade.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Fulton County Reparations Task Force, a volunteer group in Georgia’s most populous county, recently submitted a 636-page report on the harms the municipality dealt through slavery and discrimination against Black residents.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
San Diego dealt him with three other prospects and Zach Davies to get Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini from the Cubs that December.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
He was picked by the Mavericks and dealt to Atlanta for the rights to draft Luka Doncic.
—Dallas Morning News, 7 Jan. 2026
The state of Ohio recently dealt parental rights advocates another win in mid-October, when the state House of Representatives passed the My Child-My Chart Act, which would grant parents access to their children’s medical records.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
SFGate reports that the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has since dealt repeatedly with the fencing being breached.
—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dealt
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He was traded to the Phillies in 1989 and stayed in Philadelphia through myriad injuries.—
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Fred Johnson, Darius Cooper and Jalyx Hunt traded their helmets for hair nets Monday night inside the MANNA Nutrition Center in Center City.—
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Reyes defended the compensation, saying it was negotiated in good faith.—
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The Cheaters deal was negotiated by David Buoymaster on behalf of Radial Entertainment, with Matthew Helderman advising Goldstein Pictures Corporation.—
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The new California law or Assembly Bill 1830 requires most tortillas and corn masa products sold to contain folic acid, a vitamin important to infant health, according to CalMatters.—
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The building was sold in 1951 for $600 and turned into a home, records show.—
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Players’ associations could argue such a policy interferes with athletes’ freedom to contract and must be collectively bargained as a condition of employment.—
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Sara Kelly, Starbucks’ chief partner officer, told employees in a letter this month that the company had bargained in good faith with the union, reaching more than 30 tentative agreements on full contract articles.—
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Four Democratic-Farm-Labor Party lawmakers who chair state Senate education committees cited Minneapolis Public Schools canceling classes and extracurricular activities last week after federal agents reportedly clashed with students and staff during Roosevelt High School’s dismissal on Wednesday.—
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The two countries have clashed in a border dispute, causing dozens of civilian and military deaths and forcing tens of thousands of civilians on both sides to evacuate.—
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“Dealt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dealt. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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