1
as in client
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business
the store greatly values its regular customers
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2
as in person
a member of the human race
he's one tough customer, so you'd better not cross him
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Recent Examples of customer
While American tech giants such as Microsoft and Meta Platforms , also Club names, remain Nvidia’s most important customers, investors have wanted to see the chipmaker’s revenue streams diversify to help sustain topline growth.
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 May 2025
The premium arm of the Japanese company has fresh product to offer customers and a lineup that is bringing in more affluent buyers than ever before in North America.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Maria Mendoza, a fellow Mills Creek parent whose daughter graduated that same day, happened to be a customer that night.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 May 2025
There are about 200 community water systems in L.A. County, and a large share of them serve fewer than 1,000 customers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 May 2025
The premium arm of the Japanese company has fresh product to offer customers and a lineup that is bringing in more affluent buyers than ever before in North America.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Maria Mendoza, a fellow Mills Creek parent whose daughter graduated that same day, happened to be a customer that night.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 May 2025
There are about 200 community water systems in L.A. County, and a large share of them serve fewer than 1,000 customers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for customer
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Stange's firm has 27 offices across nine states, and he's been keeping meticulous records on the influx of new clients for the last decade.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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His clients included Apple TV+, TikTok and Korean video game maker Smilegate Holdings.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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But for some reason you're constantly being observed even as a non-famous person.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Walker isn’t the only person in Wade’s orbit who credits the NBA Hall of Famer with providing an opportunity.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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The resentment that artists feel about the act of laundering their patron’s cultural cache has been around at least as long as the Greeks were dealing with Alcibiades, but Mac brings a pleasurably vicious mania to this particular play-as-tirade.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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Over the course of her career, Gentileschi, the daughter of the Mannerist painter Orazio Gentileschi, was commissioned by top artistic patrons — the Medici family in Italy as well as monarchs Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England — before being lost to history following her death in 1653.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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And this customs guy was on a real power trip at work one day.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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Sometimes, those father figures were uncles, pastors, barbers, or that older guy from the block.—
Conial Caldwell Jr,
Baltimore Sun,
14 June 2025
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Finally, there’s English powerhouse chef Clare Smyth, who will, in fact, be their guest judge.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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Cooking there for a panel of culinary royalty, including guest judge Clare Smyth, is both an honor and a test.—
Buddha Lo,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Trump brought up Musk's federal contracts in a post on Truth Social after the two men hurled personal attacks as Musk, a former top Trump advisor, tries to build momentum to defeat the president's tax and policy bill.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Kim Ng, who became the first female GM in the history of major North American men’s pro team sports when the Miami Marlins hired her to run the team’s baseball operations in 2020, is taking on a new challenge: building softball’s version of the WNBA.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Reimagining indoor life, its new planter draws moisture from thin air and waters plants automatically.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2025
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The feature-length documentary, releasing June 10, is the first in a weekly series that digs into big event meltdowns that made headlines, created corporate scandals, and often cost lives.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
10 June 2025
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“Customer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/customer. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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