consumption
Example Sentences
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The company pleaded guilty to supplying water unfit for human consumption at an earlier hearing, offering a "full and unreserved apology".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The advance marks a significant milestone for a growing area of research known as "valleytronics," which could help drive future breakthroughs in faster computing, lower energy consumption, and quantum technologies.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Customers were then advised to boil their water before consumption for a nine-day period after supply returned.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
That is, with a strange exception: The technology to allow the world to quintuple its coal consumption, such as burning coal in cars.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
“Something is delaying the consumption of their union.”
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing consumption
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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My Brother Sam is Dead
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