consumer
noun
a person or thing that consumes.
consumers
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pluralof consumer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The modern beverage landscape has never offered more options, and consumers are responding accordingly.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
“There’s a lot of appeal to younger consumers in a style that is still fairly fresh to them, because maybe they weren’t shopping when ballet flats were last popular,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Hobby spending is a small amount of overall retail sales, but it's a good gauge of whether consumers have any money leftover in their budgets."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I think it says a lot about the brand—and not only just attractiveness to consumers, but the attractiveness to professionals in the workforce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
But testing products or ideas that are truly revolutionary is another matter, and the most successful companies are those that understand that in those cases, the first impressions of their consumers need interpretation.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
