as in customers
a person who buys goods and services
Most consumers are comfortable making purchases on the Internet.
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Recent Examples of consumers
Essential goods strain meager household budgets, with consumers paying around 363 Pakistani rupees for a dozen eggs or 2,186 Pakistan rupees for a kilogram of wheat flour, according to economic data firm CEIC Data, citing 2025 figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Those missing workers and consumers would have contributed an additional $86 billion in household spending and supported 741,500 jobs, Implan found.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Kraft Heinz has lost out to rivals, with Cahillane saying a recent spate of price hikes alienated consumers who were already straying from its brands in favor of healthier alternatives at a lower cost.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Though much of the money comes from subscriptions from companies and other heavy users, companies serving regular consumers will probably need to increasingly rely on ads and other methods to monetize mass market users.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
But the price sensitivity of consumers for weight loss drugs remains a big unknown, which makes greater volumes and more access points important.
—Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
According to Bhanusali, the team set out to create a product range consumers over 30 could trust.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Murdoch said two thirds of the audience for Fox One were sport fans, and the other third were news consumers.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Those missing workers and consumers would have contributed an additional $86 billion in household spending and supported 741,500 jobs, Implan found.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Kraft Heinz has lost out to rivals, with Cahillane saying a recent spate of price hikes alienated consumers who were already straying from its brands in favor of healthier alternatives at a lower cost.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Though much of the money comes from subscriptions from companies and other heavy users, companies serving regular consumers will probably need to increasingly rely on ads and other methods to monetize mass market users.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
But the price sensitivity of consumers for weight loss drugs remains a big unknown, which makes greater volumes and more access points important.
—Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
According to Bhanusali, the team set out to create a product range consumers over 30 could trust.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Murdoch said two thirds of the audience for Fox One were sport fans, and the other third were news consumers.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumers
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If passed, the bill would allow residential ratepayers to be placed on budget billing plans on July 1, and utilities will be prohibited from disconnecting low-income customers’ services during periods with extreme heat warnings.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Under the pilot program, companies like Coco and Serve partner with restaurants as a courier service to deliver food orders to customers using robots.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead, even with its Gemini app now seeing more than 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), 100 million more than last quarter, and Gemini, the company's large language model, processing over 10 billion tokens per minute, Search usage broke a quarterly record.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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To this end, the company has scaled its Neuroplatform system by tripling the lab’s surface area and expanding from a single hardware setup to several running simultaneously to accommodate more users.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Trade-in buyers with negative equity financed $11,164 more than the typical new car buyer.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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It was implemented to address attorney deserts, lack of training and poor compensation for attorneys and minimal support for clients.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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What a dietitian really recommends When thinking about how to advise clients, Mokari is very aware that what works for someone’s health and lifestyle is going to be individual to them.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Consumers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumers. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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