deal in
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Also, deal with . Be occupied or concerned with, as in Jim deals in generalities , or This book deals with idioms . The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from about 1300.
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Do business or trade in something, as in They deal in diamonds . [Late 1500s] Also see deal with .
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deal someone in . Also, deal one a hand . Include someone, give someone a share, as in I hope they'll deal me in on this new enterprise . This usage comes from card games, where to deal has meant “to distribute cards” since the 16th century. [Early 1900s]
Example Sentences
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President Mohamed Muizzu's office told the BBC the Maldives had expressed its opposition to the "deeply concerning" deal in two written objections and a phone call with Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Discovery out from under Netflix, which had an agreed deal in place since early December to acquire that company’s streaming and studio operations.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
Jeff Marks, the chief executive of Los Angeles-based Innovative Partnerships Group, once brokered a naming rights deal in which the Cal football team would play on Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Cipher announced a $5.5 billion, 15-year deal in November to provide space and power for AI workloads for Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com’s cloud-computing business.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
He didn’t deal in dried apricots from Syria, halvah from Turkey, and honey from Lebanon.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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