as in commerce
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places
they contributed money to an environmental group that works to end the traffic of endangered animals
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as in to trade
to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property
arrested him for trafficking in drugs
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Recent Examples of traffic
Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
Winter is quieter, with slower traffic and many shops operating on reduced hours.
—Daria Bachmann, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The request comes amid the House Oversight Committee’s ongoing bipartisan investigation into Epstein, the late financier who allegedly trafficked scores of women and underaged girls to his rich, powerful and politically connected friends.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
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Noun
As frequently happens, nearby homeowners waged a social media campaign against the project, with one posting a letter arguing that the neighborhood already has heavy traffic, insufficient parking and no sidewalks.
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Tesfay claims that he himself was trafficked by Kidane’s network – a victim, not a perpetrator.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic
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As a pilgrimage for generations of Colorado families, business owners, workers and visitors, as Coors put it, the Stock Show continues to stand out with its physical fellowship, and not the impersonal commerce, Zoom calls or social media messaging that have taken over business.—
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In reality, return challenges are often a symptom of fragmented systems across the entire commerce lifecycle.—
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Randy Kiedrowski comes to the mall to meet with his friend to trade sports cards often.—
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Young’s agents were having conversations with the Hawks, who sit at 17-21 so far this season, about trading their client out of Atlanta.—
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The credits are available to people who bought health care policies in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.—
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Unrest at the Tehran bazaar is particularly unsettling for officials because the shuttering of shops at the ancient marketplace and protests from the merchant class were key elements that led to the overthrow of the monarchy in 1979.—
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By the show's finale, she's become such a central part of the group that Joyce is the one who deals the killing blow to Vecna.—
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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.—
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“Traffic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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