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
As regulatory frameworks and standards evolve, staying ahead of compliance requirements while meeting growing consumer awareness will position forward-thinking companies for success in this market.
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Sissi Liu, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Antitrust lawyers must prove that allegedly monopolistic practices cause consumer harm.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Dot Dot Dot, being the first target for Dogma’s acquisition ambition, aims to bring excitement to trend forecasting and consumer insights.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
While there have been delays on some tariffs hitting areas like consumer technology and cars, and tariffs for several countries have pauses until July, tariffs for China have already kicked in at up to 145 percent.
—Nena Farrell, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Sissi Liu, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Antitrust lawyers must prove that allegedly monopolistic practices cause consumer harm.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
Dot Dot Dot, being the first target for Dogma’s acquisition ambition, aims to bring excitement to trend forecasting and consumer insights.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
While there have been delays on some tariffs hitting areas like consumer technology and cars, and tariffs for several countries have pauses until July, tariffs for China have already kicked in at up to 145 percent.
—Nena Farrell, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumer
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Silva's customers, such as Target and Costco, have paused over $16 million worth of orders in the last couple of weeks.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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Netflix, the world’s leading subscription-video streamer, has more than 300 million customers worldwide.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2025
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Open for just 24 hours, starting April 24, the project is meant to humanize the harms of social media use among young children and call for governments and private companies to act urgently to protect online spaces for young users.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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After initially making the AI tool free for all users, OpenAI had to pause it for free users due to high demand.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Require carmakers to sell more electric cars and the buyers will come.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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As much as nobody seems to have any idea how any of this [gestures vaguely at everything] will impact marketing budgets and consumer spending, the specter of a recession has some national TV buyers anticipating a significant downturn in 2025-26 upfront spending.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Since 1997, Powertec has been a pioneer in innovative home and commercial strength equipment, bringing the gym experience into clients’ homes and facilities.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Some of his other clients included Hall of Famers Ronnie Lott and Jim Plunkett.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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“Consumer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumer. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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