shopper
Americannoun
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a person who shops.
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a retail buyer for another person or a business concern.
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a locally distributed newspaper of retail advertisements.
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But in a string of 21 emails over three days, the car shopper learned that the price was actually $40,025, plus a $490 documentation fee, according to a transcript provided by CoPilot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
The move has caused an uproar on social media among the young women who frequent its stores nationwide, with one shopper calling it "devastating news".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
She’d always been a vintage shopper for herself, so she knew she wanted to pass the passion down to the next generation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Rainey described a bifurcated US shopper, where "the high income customer is spending with confidence into many categories while the lower income consumer is more budget conscious and perhaps navigating financial distress."
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The grocery store that shared a wall with the coffee shop was too packed for any shopper to enter.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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