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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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The surge in energy prices sparked by the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz cut oil consumption but had remarkably little impact on growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

However, researchers have not yet tested whether reducing fructose consumption improves outcomes in patients with ovarian cancer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Ambler said: "We have again delayed the increase until March, which means it will not affect customers during the colder winter months when electricity consumption is generally at its highest."

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

The document did not state that the peptides they’d be offered for oral consumption were still officially designated for lab use only.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

I pray to the Little Flower because she died of the consumption herself and she’d understand.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Cutting meat consumptions — particularly red meat, particularly in high-income countries — represents an opportunity to lower methane emissions.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2024

Because of Covid-19 and the sanctions, this trade was stopped - and his relatives had to sell for domestic consumptions for a much lower return, making it "hard to survive".

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024

Religious celebrations — what with sacred slaughters, a stress on all things kosher, ritualized consumptions — are a particular point of tension for Jews who eat vegan.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2021

Each individual has to pay for their own consumptions choices.

From Forbes ● Apr. 5, 2015

Distorted spines and "pale consumptions," the result of the one mistake, are trifling evils, when compared with the moral evils resulting from the other.

From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by An English Lady


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