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
Studies show that tariffs imposed during the first Trump administration were almost entirely borne by U.S. consumers, with disproportionately large impacts on lower-income households which spend a larger proportion of income on goods made abroad.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
While the fees connected with collecting state sales tax are all but invisible to the consumer, restaurant industry officials say the issue should be on the radar of the buying public.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
One who, rattling the keys to the world’s largest legally safe consumer market, uses tariffs as a lever to change how the world works.
—Bruce Yandle, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
Three key monthly economic measures are differences in payroll employment growth, industrial production and consumer spending.
—Christian Weller, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
While the fees connected with collecting state sales tax are all but invisible to the consumer, restaurant industry officials say the issue should be on the radar of the buying public.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
One who, rattling the keys to the world’s largest legally safe consumer market, uses tariffs as a lever to change how the world works.
—Bruce Yandle, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
Three key monthly economic measures are differences in payroll employment growth, industrial production and consumer spending.
—Christian Weller, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumer
Noun
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That was likely the reason for a long line of customers queuing up to test drive, pick up, or purchase the new Y.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Now Monahan and roughly 15 million other customers are worried about their valuable and private genetic information after 23andMe declared bankruptcy.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In addition, the independently adjustable hour and minute hands allows the user to set time zones that deviate from GMT by fractional hours.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article A proposal to designate Oceanside’s Ivey Ranch Park as a state or national historic site has divided park users and local Native Americans who see the property as part of their heritage.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Jesse Whittock here taking you back over the week Netflix one-shotted its way to a TV hit and Asian film buyers decamped in Hong Kong.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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Investigators found buyers after business associate Fred Nassar posted an online warning to fans not to distribute the music.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Custom software, developed specifically for a client, is generally exempt from tax.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The biggest difference between working with Blaine and other clients?—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Consumer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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