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.
noun
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Origin of shopper
Example Sentences
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"I'm back here for my mangoes," one shopper says.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
With the proliferation of artificial intelligence, everyone will have their own personal shopper in their pocket.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
With the help of UPS’s network of trucks, Happy moves returns from shopper drop-off back to retailers’ docks in as little as 3.6 days, with an average return transit time of seven days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
"Right now I feel calmer than before, because pork is subject to more controls, and that reassures me when it comes to buying," says another shopper, Nati Martínez.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
At each stoplight, his gaze would light on someone — a brooding beatnik, a determined shopper — and he would have to fight down an urge to shout that he saw them.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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