- present participle of consume.
consuming
Example Sentences
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Just last week, Idaho’s health officials announced that nearly 60 people had become ill after consuming raw milk.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
New dietary guidelines rolled out last year by Kennedy and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for the first time recommended consuming fermented foods such as sauerkraut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Memory chips are the storage and processing backbone of virtually every electronic device, from smartphones to the AI data centers now consuming those chips at record rates.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026
The center found that preschool children struggle to learn as much from content with frequent cuts, though consuming it doesn’t impact their attention span negatively, Uhls said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Comparing texts word by word turned out to be quite the consuming task.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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