Example Sentences

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Gas costs are important for consumers’ moods and budgets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

But for many marketers, clipping is just one more way to catch consumers’ shrinking attention and to squeeze every drop of value from a piece of content.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

For many kids vintage sellers, finding their stock is just as fun and interesting as getting it back into consumers’ hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Wall Street continues to overlook consumers’ woes, with sentiment falling to another fresh low on Friday.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

With the Aeron, the effort to collect consumers’ first impressions failed for a slightly different reason: the people reporting their first impressions misinterpreted their own feelings.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell