consume
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But the way people consume media has changed—some now wait until an entire series is released to binge it at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
At the same time, U.S. companies exported about 1.7 million barrels a day of excess diesel that stateside truckers, farmers and other commercial shippers didn’t consume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Our work suggests that the trace amounts of sucralose-6-acetate in a single, daily sucralose-sweetened drink exceed that threshold. And that's not even accounting for the amount of sucralose-6-acetate produced as metabolites after people consume sucralose."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The official urged the public not to consume meat from animals that die naturally or from unknown causes, while urging the public to report any such cases.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
She knew that poverty could be a different kind of monster, always lurking and waiting to consume.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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In the United States, that hidden water use can be twice the amount a data center consumes on its own.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
To deal with the water shortages along the Colorado River, others have suggested policies that encourage farmers to grow less hay — which consumes nearly half of the water diverted from the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Rent now consumes 40% of Roe’s $83,000 gross income, roughly the median household income in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Usually, it takes more power to store more information. Our device, however, consumes 100 times less power and the storage capacity is higher than traditional storage devices, like flash drives."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
To my mind, there was only one compelling argument effect? for its existence: that when a hollowgast consumes enough of us, it transforms into a different sort of creature—one that can travel through time loops.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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China’s car industry has consumed market share from traditional automakers around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Currently the water consumed by existing data centres is relatively low.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In a randomized study published in Nature Metabolism in March 2025, 75 young adults consumed drinks containing sucralose, an equally sweet amount of sugar, or water on separate visits.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Opposition lawmaker Ezio Angelini says Venezuela produced 20,000 megawatts a day and consumed just 12,000 before longtime leader Hugo Chavez took power in 1999.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
He blasted the giant, but the darkness consumed his fire.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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A disaster management agency official said over the weekend that 12 people had been infected with the disease after consuming dead wildlife in the Munyamadzi River area.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Just 20% of respondents knew that consuming milk and other dairy products can increase the risk of prostate cancer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
“You see a lot of people consuming the minimum, what they need to get by through the week,” said owner Carina Murillo, 31, as she checked out customers on a recent weekday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
From public offerings of stocks and bonds to bank balance sheets and private-credit funds, the AI build-out is consuming every source of capital it can find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The colors deepened, glorifying Ishtar and pushing Nergal into a darkness that verged on consuming existence.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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