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
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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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To file a complaint about services, Sacramento Regional Transit recommends filling out a customer feed back survey, which can be found at https://www.sacrt.com/customerfeedback/. Gonzalez said customer service staff can help riders plan a trip and answer questions.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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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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The courts have mostly ruled upheld the council’s decisions, noting that state law deliberately designed it to make decisions in the best interest of all Connecticut power customers and utility users — with freedom from obeying preferences of neighbors or the local community.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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The company's aging lineup is failing to attract buyers, although the automaker is expected to roll out a new lower-cost model later this year.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Younger buyers continue to depend on savings for their down payment, NAR found, while older buyers can use the money made through selling their previous home.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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This often involves thinking through how to better create bundled go to market strategies that enable selling more things to existing clients, versus consistently needing to acquire new ones.—
Billee Howard,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Suits Vet Visits Spinoff, Dark Matter Promotion and More Suits Star Rick Hoffman Returning as Louis Litt on NBC Spinoff Amos played himself in the spinoff’s Feb. 23, 2025 debut, which introduced him as a client at the entertainment law firm run by Stephen Amell’s Ted Black.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Consumer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumer. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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