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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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Upchurch points to a disclaimer near the bottom right-hand corner of each package that reads, in all caps: "NOT FOR CONSUMPTION."

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 16, 2011

CONSUMPTION: No comprehensive information is available on how many people use home water filters.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2010

CONSUMPTION, hereditary. -period of appearance of. -correlated with complexion.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

Den dey puts me into a pedt mit a pig card hanging ofer mine hedt, und dere vos on dot card in pig letters, de vird, CONSUMPTION.

From Doctor Jones' Picnic by Chapman, S. E. (Samuel E.)

From the other poems we have detached the following beautiful specimens:— CONSUMPTION.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 by Various




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