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customer base

American  
[kuhs-tuh-mer bays] / ˈkʌs tə mər ˌbeɪs /

noun

customer bases plural
  1. the established customers of a business; the market segment on which a business depends.


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That would otherwise be a slow process, requiring the acquisition of spectrum, satellite development and establishment of a customer base.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Dipanjan Chatterjee, vice president and principal analyst at market research firm Forrester, said he believed Apple's loyal customer base would take the financial hit without too much outcry.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

The suit argues that Kalshi is explicitly targeting CME’s retail customer base by marketing perpetual futures as a simpler alternative to CME’s crypto futures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

By UFC 5 that customer base tripled -- and alarm was growing.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The eighty-column mind was thought by most hackers to dominate IBM's customer base and its thinking.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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