as in customer
a person who buys goods and services
Most consumers are comfortable making purchases on the Internet.
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Recent Examples of consumer
In 2019, organizers announced the transition to the Watches and Wonders name and began repositioning the fair as a broader public event by introducing consumer days and citywide educational and cultural programming, which began with the 2020 edition.
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Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Invoice Home Co-Founder and CEO Petr Marek emphasized the financial and security risks of unsupervised AI, and said while adoption is growing, consumers must establish clear parameters and maintain human oversight when permitting AI to handle checkout tasks or sensitive payment information.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
Bosworth added that consumers are willing to pay a premium for Ray-Ban styles because of their popularity, and that the new in-house frames are meant to provide consumers with more options.
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Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
Josh Steinitz, chief strategy officer of the business logistics platform ShipStation Global, said consumers might notice higher shipping costs and more out-of-stock items online until the end of the year.
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Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Invoice Home Co-Founder and CEO Petr Marek emphasized the financial and security risks of unsupervised AI, and said while adoption is growing, consumers must establish clear parameters and maintain human oversight when permitting AI to handle checkout tasks or sensitive payment information.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
Bosworth added that consumers are willing to pay a premium for Ray-Ban styles because of their popularity, and that the new in-house frames are meant to provide consumers with more options.
—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
Josh Steinitz, chief strategy officer of the business logistics platform ShipStation Global, said consumers might notice higher shipping costs and more out-of-stock items online until the end of the year.
—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumer
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The news prompted frustration from customers at local testing centers.
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Exposed data includes customers' names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and email addresses.
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Prediction markets, which allows users to speculate on various real-world events such as sports and even political outcomes, have been rising in popularity among investors.
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In a demonstration ahead of the product’s launch, NewsGuard COO Matt Skibinski showed how the chatbot debunked a piece of medical misinformation and guided the user to primary sources.
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Higher financing costs, rising insurance premiums and growing property tax bills are all having a big impact on how much home a buyer can realistically afford right now.
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As shipping and oil costs surged this year, an overseas buyer of around 880 electric trucks pressed Chinese manufacturer Sany to ship all of them by the end of June, according to Michael Yue, general manager of overseas markets for Sany Heavy Industry’s electric truck division.
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The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.
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Others, like Ceruto's client, who booked a spur-of-the-moment trip to Bali, are just lucky.
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“Consumer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumer. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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