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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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was equally optimistic about the deal in a Pentagon briefing Wednesday.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 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
“The markets are trying to figure out, ‘Is there a deal in there somewhere?’”
From The Wall Street Journal • 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 had learned some important things, like how to deal in crystal, and about the language without words . . . and about omens.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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