consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

Examples of consumer goods in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Shoppers are purchasing name-brand beauty products again, and that’s lifting sales at consumer goods company Unilever. Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024 The consumer goods market continues to be sluggish, with people cutting down on staples—emblematic of economic stress. Debasish Roy Chowdhury, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024 Nothing was too off target for Amazon, which in this period operated in areas as diverse as air cargo, was working on developing delivery drones, and had a number of its own devices, including a Dash button that customers could push to repurchase consumer goods like detergent. Dana Mattioli, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024 Unlike consumer goods such as hamburgers, housing costs don't change minute-by-minute or even month-to-month, NPR's Scott Horsley explains on Up First. Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024 Vermont created its own drinking water standards in 2019, but also added prohibitions on PFAS being added to categories of consumer goods, such as carpets, clothing, cookware, and ski wax. Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024 Before the Key Bridge collapsed, Kathleen Kropp’s business, Triple H Trucking, with 15 trucks, would transport containers with consumer goods to York, Pa., from Baltimore, a 60-mile journey. Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024 China provides Russia with diplomatic cover and an economic lifeline by purchasing Russian oil, gas and coal, and by selling Chinese consumer goods and technology to Russia. Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024 In a vivid demonstration of that risk, the coronavirus pandemic caused huge bottlenecks in chip deliveries around the world, and contributed to higher consumer goods prices. Sam Fossum, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of consumer goods was in 1901

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“Consumer goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20goods. Accessed 2 May. 2024.

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consumer goods

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