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consume

[kuhn-soom] / kənˈsum /




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"Eating while distracted, for instance watching TV, can lead people to consume more because they pay less attention to how much they've eaten," says Higgs.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

"The story and the scale and the spectacle is something that the world, I think, is ready to consume."

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

This extra capability could enable devices that operate faster, withstand interference more effectively, and consume substantially less electricity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

So there’s no need for the rich to go into debt in order to consume.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

In nearly 40 percent of families, the parents consume eleven hours of screen media a day, which does not include work time.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The U.S. itself consumes about 2.94 million barrels of diesel a day, so the entirety of the Russian deal would provide the U.S. with perhaps 12 days of diesel supply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

However, this process consumes considerable energy and places limits on how quickly information can be recorded.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Spending another 15 minutes searching for a particular brand of yogurt may represent good service, but it also consumes time that a worker could otherwise spend completing another order.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The United States consumes 3.9 million barrels of diesel per day.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

He consumes enormous portions, and “no” is not part of his vocabulary, whether the food is good or bad.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Participants who consumed three servings of dairy daily did not show meaningful differences in weight gain, body composition, or blood cholesterol compared with those who ate little dairy.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Deforestation monitor Nusantara Atlas estimates the blazes consumed more than 1.9 million hectares of land in the first nine months of the year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Consequentially, the two biggest legal challenges that consumed the days leading up to the midterms have effectively been shut down.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Trump was consumed by the war with Iran abroad and his construction overhaul of Washington at home.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

According to most estimates, by the mid-1770s, the average American colonist consumed more than three quarts of molasses a year—making it an irreplaceable part of the colonial economy.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

During his rookie season in 2020, the Chargers quarterback told GQ magazine he was “living off” the sandwiches, consuming both a Steak Philly sub and a Chicken & Bacon Ranch sub each night for dinner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

People may be consuming more healthcare, such as expensive weight-loss drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“I’m going to do this no matter what happens, and I think that once people’s teeth fall out from consuming all this sugary AI, they’ll come looking for something human.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The team discovered that consuming high amounts of dietary cholesterol activates Ral, setting off a chain of events that leads to the loss of LDL receptors.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

All he could taste was the pervasive and consuming despair, like soot on his tongue.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner


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