consumers

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They argue consumers are just running in place; higher inflation means their standard of living isn’t getting any better.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Every company presentation touted advancements in the ability to target consumers now that advertising has become the main source of revenue growth in the streaming business.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

But expensive crude worsens inflation, strains budgets and raises the cost of shielding consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Rising Treasury yields can sometimes drag on stocks by increasing the cost of borrowing for businesses and consumers and making bonds more appealing as an alternative investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Plant domestication may be defined as growing a plant and thereby, consciously or unconsciously, causing it to change genetically from its wild ancestor in ways making it more useful to human consumers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond