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consumers

NOUN
person who buys merchandise, services
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They fear that if consumers believe that persistently high price increases lie ahead, they will ramp up spending in the present, making inflation a self-fulfilling prophecy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Greater independence will make it easier to serve consumers, members, patients and communities,” he said, as though the decision was a surefire win-win-win-win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

She said: "We are reforming the heating oil sector, holding suppliers to account and giving consumers confidence that they will get a fair deal."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

For one, consumers burdened by the high cost of gas, insurance and maintenance are driving up demand for those low-cost cars, industry experts say.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

They wanted companies to compete with each other over different applications, that is, over what consumers could do once they were on the Internet—not over how they got on the Internet in the first place.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman


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