clients

noun

plural of client
as in customers
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business a law firm soliciting new clients through television advertising

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Recent Examples of clients The bus has a gas generator so clients can enjoy air conditioning on hot days, but there is no water for a shampoo. — Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The wait can be brutal for attorneys and their clients, Yannetti told Fox News Digital. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The ninth floor includes open workstations and an executive entertainment area for clients. — Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026 For the first time since the Monzino era, The Happy House officially opened to paying clients, not just family friends, in October 2018. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, OpenAI, one of Nvidia's primary clients, is widely considered a prominent representative of the closed-source frontier model approach. — CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 In a recent note to clients, Bitwise’s director of research for Europe, André Dragosch, said the cryptocurrency’s recent upswing comes as investors have treated it more as a store of value than a risky tech stock. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Defense attorneys in both cases argued that the defendants’ intent was in question, raising in argument the possibility that their clients were not trying to cause serious bodily injury or death. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 Kaufman was a Jewish émigré from Buenos Aires who had clients in Manhattan and had been commissioned to build another house on the island for shoe designer Danny Berk. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
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  1. customers
  2. guests
  3. patrons
Noun
  • For even more flight savings, post-booking, the first 100 customers can unlock 28% off their next eligible round-trip Economy flight (valid for departures between January 8 and May 23, 2027).
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Older buyers Builders may finally be acknowledging the advanced ages of many of their customers.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of customers
Noun
  • The event was full of food and fun for both the adult guests and the twins’ little friends.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The current bowling alley sits in the basement of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, just west of the White House, and is reserved for White House aides and their guests.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of guests
Noun
  • Some of his bar inventions, for instance, were less grand thematic ideas and simply tricks to keep patrons indoors and ordering.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Matisse couldn’t have felt neutrally about Amélie making crowns for the same class of wealthy patrons who refused to support him.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of patrons

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“Clients.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clients. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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