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customer base

noun

: a set of customers one can depend on
The company has a solid customer base.

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Banda said the new registration requirements will have a negative impact on auto dealers, mechanics and insurance agencies that have a large customer base of undocumented people. J.d. Miles, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025 After growing up without seeing her needs reflected in hair care aisles, Tracee Ellis Ross spent 10 years trying to convince the beauty industry that textured hair wasn’t a problem to be fixed but a customer base to be embraced. Essence, 24 Nov. 2025 Now, Osika is eyeing a larger enterprise customer base. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025 Low and middle-income shoppers historically formed the customer base of Walmart’s superstores in rural and suburban America. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for customer base

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“Customer base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/customer%20base. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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